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An interactive checklist to guide you through the first administrative and personal steps.
1. Contact the doctor
First 2 hoursIf the death occurs at home, immediately contact the family doctor or the 144 emergency service for the official confirmation of death and the issuance of the medical certificate (essential for all further steps).
2. Choose a funeral home
Organise transport and the first wishes of the deceased.
3. Inform loved ones and the potential employer
Before any public announcement, it is essential to personally inform the family, close friends, and any potential employer of the deceased.
4. Official notification to the Civil Registry Office
Must be done at Zivilstandskreis Seeland (within 48 hours).
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Biel/Bienne residents must declare deaths to the Zivilstandskreis Seeland civil registry office within the required timeframe.
Deaths in Biel/Bienne must be announced to the Zivilstandskreis Seeland within 48 hours. The office is located at Seevorstadt 105, 2502 Biel/Bienne. You can contact the office by telephone at +41 31 635 43 70 or by email at za.seeland@pom.be.ch to complete the death declaration procedure.
Biel/Bienne manages several cemeteries. The main one is Friedhof Madretsch (Brüggstrasse 121, 2503 Biel/Bienne).
Friedhof Madretsch is the main cemetery in Biel/Bienne, located at Brüggstrasse 121, 2503 Biel/Bienne. It offers inhumation, cremation, family tombs, columbarium, and memorial garden sepulture types, and includes an on-site crematorium.
Friedhof Mett is a cemetery in Biel/Bienne located at Eidochsweg, 2504 Biel/Bienne. The cemetery offers inhumation and cremation services.
Friedhof Bözingen is a cemetery located in Biel/Bienne at Solothurnstrasse 94, 2502 Biel/Bienne. The cemetery does not have a crematorium and no sepulture types are specified in the available data.