Lyss

Lyss
Lyss
Municipality
	Winter in Lyss
	Coat of arms
	Location of Lyss
	Lyss Lyss
	Coordinates: 47°4′N 7°18′E / 47.067°N 7.300°E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Bern
District	Seeland
Government
• Executive	Gemeinderat ; with 5 members
• Mayor	Gemeindepräsident; Stefan Nobs FDP/PRD; (as of January 2022)
• Parliament	Grosser Gemeinderat ; with 40 members
Area
• Total	14.82 km2 (5.72 sq mi)
Elevation	444 m (1,457 ft)
Population (31 December 2018)
• Total	15,282
• Density	1,000/km2 (2,700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	3250
SFOS number	0306
ISO 3166 code	CH-BE
Surrounded by	Aarberg, Büetigen, Busswil bei Büren, Diessbach bei Büren, Grossaffoltern, Kappelen, Seedorf, Worben
Twin towns	Monopoli (Italy)
Website	www.lyss.ch ; SFSO statistics

Lyss (German pronunciation: [ˈliːs]) is a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2011, the former municipality of Busswil bei Büren was merged with Lyss.^[3]

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^ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 19 July 2011