"Biel/Bienne". Until then, the town was officially named Biel or Bienne. The city lies at the foot of the first mountain range of the JuraMountains area
Lake Biel or Lake Bienne (German: Bielersee; French: Lac de Bienne [lak də bjɛn]) is a lake in western Switzerland. Together with Lake Morat and Lake Neuchâtel
1367–68. The bishop marched south and destroyed Biel along with a number of towns in the southern JuraMountains. During the Gugler war in 1375, there were
one of the three major landscapes in Switzerland, lying between the JuraMountains and the Swiss Alps. It covers about 30% of the Swiss surface area, and
located at the foot of the first chain of the Juramountains. The main tributary is the river Broye. Since the Jura water correction its water leaves the lake