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Biel (bēl) or Bienne (byĕn), city (1990 est. pop. 52,020), Bern canton, NW Switzerland, at the northeast end of the Lake of Biel. A watchmaking center, Biel also manufactures chains and machinery. There is a 16th-century Gothic town hall and a late Gothic church. Both French and German are spoken. The Schwab museum has archaeological relics of lake dwellings found in the Lake of Biel, or Lake of Bienne (15 sq mi/39 sq km), at the foot of the Jura Mts. The lake is connected with the Lake of Neuchâtel by the Zihl Canal. It contains the Isle of Saint-Pierre (now a peninsula), made famous by J. J. Rousseau. |
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Okay, check it, I got a role in Blade Trinity as a vampire that gets his ass kicked by this hot girl slayer, Biel. Swatch, based in Biel, Switzerland, is permitted by the International Olympic Committee to use its logo on timing devices at competition sites and to accompany results broadcast on television, according to Jim Andrews, editorial director of the industry newsletter IEG Sponsorship Report. Meili & Peter's new building for a Swiss timber engineering school in Biel challenges preconceptions of wood architecture through its large scale, abstract language and extensive employment of prefabricated elements. |
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