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Bilingualism in Biel/Bienne

Hospitals: A sign in German (above) and French in the bilingual city whose German name is Biel and French name is Bienne The word Spital (plural: Spitäler) is used in Switzerland and Austria, but Germany uses the word Krankenhaus.

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