Mett (Biel / Bienne)
Mett district of Biel / Bienne |
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Coordinates | 587 849 / 221588 |
height | 441 m |
surface | 4.03 km² |
Residents | 10,858 (December 31, 2015) |
Population density | 2694 inhabitants / km² |
Incorporation | 1920 |
Post Code | 2504 |
Source: Federal Statistical Office |
Mett ( French Mâche ) is the most populous and third largest quarter in terms of area in the city of Biel . The quarter begins in the city center and runs to the south-eastern edge of the city. It borders the Büttenbergwald and the Längholzwald as well as Orpund . Mett is a former political municipality and was incorporated into Biel in 1920.
location
The actual center of the former community is around the church south of the Schüss .
traffic
The road from Biel to Büren an der Aare runs through the village .
The Biel-Solothurn railway line, which was opened in 1857, passed south of what was then the village center. The Mett-Bözingen station (today “Biel Mett”) was not opened until 1895. From 1909 to 1991 there was a narrow-gauge freight railway that opened up from Mett station, the wire works and the sleeper works in Bözingen.
In 1913 the Biel-Meinisberg-Bahn (BMB) was opened, which led from Biel to Meinisbeg. The line from Biel to Mett station, however, belonged to the Biel tram , which started operating on this line in the same year. As a result of the changeover of the tram route to trolleybus operation in 1940, the BMB also changed over, which continued with buses from June 30, 1940.
population
Population development | |
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year | Residents |
1764 | 157 |
1850 | 476 |
1880 | 751 |
1900 | 1208 |
1910 | 1557 |
2010 | 10834 |
2015 | 10858 |
Attractions
- The reformed church
- The Catholic Christ-König built by Walter Moser from 1967 to 1968 , with works of art by Max Rüedi and Alfred Huber .
literature
- Paul Aeschbacher: The county of Nidau and its heirs. Zealand Regional History Commission, 1924.
- Hans-Markus von Känel: The late Roman grave with rich gifts in the church of Biel-Mett. In ArS 1, 1978, pp. 138-148.
- Hanjörg Lehner: The excavations in the Biel-Mett church , in ArS 1, 1978, pp. 149–154
- Paul Bloesch: When the Abbot of Bellelay in Mett showed the law. In Bieler Jahrbuch, 1989, pp. 83-101.
swell
- Editor: Mett. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Individual evidence
- ^ Werner Bucher: Reformed Church Biel-Mett. (Swiss Art Guide, No. 309). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History. Bern 1982, ISBN 978-3-85782-309-1 .