Köniz is a town and municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district of the canton of Bern in Switzerland, lying directly on the southern border of the city of Bern. Taken as a single settlement it would count among the fifteen most populous towns in the country, and it forms part of the larger Bern agglomeration of about 400,000 inhabitants. The area has been inhabited for a long time, with Bronze Age and Iron Age finds, Roman farm buildings and early medieval graveyards, and the oldest parts of the reformed parish church date back to around 1100. Köniz is first mentioned in 1011 under the name Chunicis.
Facts
Elevation (m) Elevation Band Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Switzerland: Cantons and Cities
citypopulation.deCities table, 2025 estimate columnQuote, Cities table, 2025 estimate column
Köniz BE 33,441 37,309 37,782 38,823 42,388 43,915
2. Opentopodata (SRTM): SRTM 90 m elevation at 46.9333,7.4
Opentopodata (SRTM)Elevation of the place coordinates 46.9333,7.4, band assigned from the figure (up to 10 m sea level, under 500 m lowland, under 1500 m highland, otherwise mountain)Quote, Elevation of the place coordinates 46.9333,7.4, band assigned from the figure (up to 10 m sea level, under 500 m lowland, under 1500 m highland, otherwise mountain)
"elevation": 636.0
3. Switzerland (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead, landlocked
is a landlocked country
On Continent: Europe, Lead
is a landlocked country located at the intersection of Central, Western, and Southern Europe
In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Lead, regional placement
is a landlocked country located at the intersection of Central, Western, and Southern Europe
View the Source Köniz (Wikipedia)
Part Of: Switzerland, LeadQuote, Part Of: Switzerland, Lead
in the canton of Bern in Switzerland
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