a total of 630 students in the municipality. Of the kindergarten students, 19.2% were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 26.2% have a different mother language than the classroom language. The municipality had 108 primary classes and 2,036 students. Of the primary students, 19.8% were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 29.3% have a different mother language than the classroom language. During the same year, there were 66 lower secondary classes with a total of 1,213 students. There were 15.3% who were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 22.9% have a different mother language than the classroom language. , there were 742 students in Köniz who came from another municipality, while 1,177 residents attended schools outside the municipality. Köniz is home to the Verein Könizer Mediotheken VKM library. The library has () 72,759 books or other media, and loaned out 285,688 items in the same year. It was open a total of 260 days with average of 34 hours per week during that year. Transportation There are eleven railway stations within the borders of the municipality: , , , and on the Lausanne–Bern line; , , , , , and on the Bern–Schwarzenburg line; and on the Gürbetal line between and . All are served by the Bern S-Bahn and have half-hourly or better service to various destinations. Sport FC Köniz is the village's football club. Notable people Linda Geiser (born 1935 in Köniz) a Swiss film and television actress best known for her role in the Swiss TV series Lüthi und Blanc as Johanna Blanc Villages In December 2003 the population of the villages that made up the municipality of Köniz had the following populations. Current populations will be similar. References Cities in Switzerland Municipalities of the canton of Bern Cultural property of national significance in the canton of Bern