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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.
On 1 January 2010, the 26 districts (German: Amtsbezirke, French: districts) of the Canton of Bern were combined into 10 new precincts (German: Verwaltungskreise, French: arrondissement administratif). [1] They are grouped into five regions (German: Verwaltungsregionen).
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.
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 (Swiss Standard German: ⓘ), or Berne (French: ⓘ), [note 1] is the de facto [note 2] capital of Switzerland, referred to as the "federal city". [note 3] [3] With a population of about 146,000 (as of 2024), Bern is the fifth-most populous city in Switzerland, behind Zürich, Geneva, Basel and Lausanne. [4]
The Old City (German: Altstadt) is the medieval city center of Bern, Switzerland. Built on a narrow hill bordered on three sides by the river Aare , its compact layout has remained essentially unchanged since its construction during the twelfth to the fifteenth century.
Langnau im Emmental (German pronunciation: [ˈlaŋˌnaʊ̯ ɪm ˈɛməntaːl]) is a municipality in the administrative district of Emmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is situated in the upper Emmental between BernAzmeer House It has about 9,000 inhabitants and is the most important market place in the region. It is set among ...
Districts of Switzerland are a political subdivision for cantons. In the federally constituted Switzerland , each canton is completely free to decide its own internal organisation. Therefore, there exists a variety of structures and terminology for the subnational entities between canton and municipality , loosely termed districts .