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The canton of Bern, or Berne (German: Kanton Bern; French: canton de Berne; Romansh: Chantun Berna; Italian: Canton Berna), is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. Its capital city, Bern, is also the de facto capital of Switzerland. The bear is the heraldic symbol of the canton, displayed on a red-yellow background.
Map of Bern in Switzerland. Module:Location map/data/Canton of Bern is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Canton of Bern. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
Bern District (German: Amtsbezirk Bern, French: District de Berne, Italian: Distretto di Berna) is a constitutional district and used to be an administrative district in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. It had an area of 233 km 2 (90 sq mi) and a population of 237,919 (in January 2005).
Emmental District in the Canton of Bern was created on 1 January 2010. [1] It is part of the Emmental-Oberaargau administrative region. It contains 40 municipalities with an area of 690.45 km 2 (266.58 sq mi) and a population (as of 31 December 2020) of 97,666.
Bern-Mittelland District in the canton of Bern was created on 1 January 2010. [1] It is part of the Bern-Mittelland administrative region, and is the only district in the region. It contains 74 municipalities with an area of 946.30 km 2 (365.37 sq mi) and a population (as of 2020 [update] ) of 418,191.
The metropolitan area had a population of 660,000 in 2000. [6] Bern is also the capital of the canton of Bern, the second-most populous of Switzerland's cantons. The official language is German, [note 4] but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect, Bernese German.
Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (99.4%), with French being second most common ( 0.5%) and Russian being third ( 0.2%). The age distribution of the population (as of 2000 [update] ) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 25.6% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 54.3% and seniors (over 64 ...
There are 335 municipalities in the canton of Bern, Switzerland (as of January 2024). [1] This article is part of a series on the: Politics of Switzerland.