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Lake Biel

Lake Biel (German: Bielersee, French Lac de Bienne) is a Switzerland. Together with Lake Murten and Lake Neuchâtel, it is one of the three large lakes in the Jura region of Switzerland.


The lake is 15km long and up to 4.1km wide. Its surface area is 39.3 km², the maximum depth 74m. The lake is located at 429 metres above sea level.


Lake Biel has a catchemnt area of about 8305 km². Water remains in the lake for an average of 58 days only. The river Aar, the river Zihl and Twanbach are the main tributaries. The river Aar was redirected into the lake in 1878.


The largest settlement along the shores of Lake Biel is the city of Biel/Bienne located on the northern end. The Sankt-Petersinsel (island) attracts tourists, mainly families. The island is located near Erlach. Jean_Jacques Rousseau lived on the island.






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In the longest established of the western churches outside the Roman Empire and in a society in which christian Latin culture flourished in a remarkable way,[2] the norms of christian marriage were not, paradoxically, accepted in society generally (we shall see later that there were exceptions) throughout the middle ages.
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