Vieille ville / Altstadt
in Biel/BienneVieille ville / Altstadt is one of 10 statistical quarters of Biel/Bienne. Statistical quarters are the official subdivision of a municipality — they are not postal delivery areas and do not line up with postal codes.
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Population and housing
BFS · 2024- Residents
- 1'249
- Median age
- 37.9
- Foreign
- 28.5%
- Swiss
- 71.5%
- Density
- 13'878 per km²
- Households
- 796
- Avg. household size
- 1.5
- Living space/person
- 45 m²
Where it belongs
371002Vieille ville / Altstadt is a BFS statistical quarter and lies unambiguously in the municipality of Biel/Bienne. No postal code belongs to a quarter, though: PLZ are Swiss Post delivery areas and overlap several quarters. The percentages say how much of each PLZ’s area lies in Vieille ville / Altstadt — there is no clear-cut “belongs to” relation.
What a quarter does not have
Biel/Bienne- Vote results are not published per quarter — the result of the municipality of Biel/Bienne applies. → Biel/Bienne
- Workplaces, climate, mobility and party strengths are published per municipality only — see Biel/Bienne. → Biel/Bienne
Postal codes in this quarter
swisstopo · 1These postal codes overlap the quarter Vieille ville / Altstadt. The percentage says how much of THAT POSTAL CODE’s area falls in this quarter — not the other way round.
Show data table
| Gross income | Biel/Bienne | Bern | Switzerland median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40'000 | 9.8% | 8.3–10.9% | 5.4% |
| 50'000 | 11.6% | 9.8–13% | 7.8% |
| 60'000 | 13% | 11–14.5% | 10.5% |
| 70'000 | 14.1% | 12–15.7% | 11.9% |
| 80'000 | 14.9% | 12.6–16.5% | 13.1% |
| 90'000 | 15.7% | 13.4–17.5% | 14.1% |
| 100'000 | 16.7% | 14.3–18.5% | 15.3% |
| 110'000 | 17.5% | 15–19.4% | 16.3% |
| 120'000 | 18.4% | 15.8–20.3% | 17.2% |
| 130'000 | 19.2% | 16.5–21.2% | 18.1% |
| 140'000 | 19.9% | 17.2–22% | 19% |
| 150'000 | 20.7% | 17.9–22.8% | 19.7% |
| 175'000 | 22.4% | 19.5–24.7% | 21.6% |
| 200'000 | 24% | 20.9–26.3% | 23.2% |
| 225'000 | 25.4% | 22.2–27.8% | 24.6% |
| 250'000 | 26.6% | 23.3–29.1% | 25.8% |
| 275'000 | 27.6% | 24.3–30.2% | 26.8% |
| 300'000 | 28.5% | 25.1–31.2% | 27.4% |
Electricity (municipality of Biel/Bienne)
ElCom · 2027 · BFEHealth-insurance premiums
BAG · 2024Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 1 of canton Bern. Shown is the average adult premium paid across the whole canton Bern (2024, BAG) — a region-specific average is not available in the cantonal data.
Map
OpenStreetMap · Quarter outline, district and municipality- Which municipality is the quarter Vieille ville / Altstadt in?
- The quarter Vieille ville / Altstadt is a statistical quarter of the municipality of Biel/Bienne. It has 1'249 residents (BFS, 2024).
- What is the postal code of the quarter Vieille ville / Altstadt?
- Vieille ville / Altstadt has no postal code of its own. Postal codes are delivery areas and do not follow quarter boundaries — 2502 overlap Vieille ville / Altstadt.
- Which BFS number does the Vieille ville / Altstadt quarter carry?
- The statistical quarter Vieille ville / Altstadt carries BFS quarter code 371002; it starts with the BFS municipality number 371 of Biel/Bienne.
Statistical quarters exist only for the 10 cities in the BFS City Statistics programme. The BFS keeps no quarter statistics for any other municipality.