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Canton Bern

Swiss Cantons

Swiss Cities
Basel
Bern
Geneva
Lausanne
Lucerne
St. Gallen
Winterthur
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Alpine Resorts
Bernese Oberland
Zermatt/Matterhorn

Swiss Tour
Chillon Castle
Rhine Falls

Canton Bern is a federal state in mid-western Switzerland
located around the upper and middle part of River Aare. Major regions in canton Bern are Bernese Oberland, the metropolitan area around the City of Bern (capital of canton Bern and federal capital of Switzerland), Berner Seeland around the Lakes of Biel and Murten and Berner Jura, the backcountry of the city of Biel/Bienne in the Jurassic mountains.

Abbreviation   BE
Area   5,959 sq km [2,301 sq mi]
second largest canton of Switzerland
Population   950,000 (2008)
Density   159 inhabitants/sq km
Languages   German (Bernese Oberland, metropolitan Bern, Seeland);
French (Jura)
Capital   Bern (122,000 inhabitants)
Cities/Towns   Biel/Bienne (49,000)
Thun (41,000)
Köniz (37,000)
Burgdorf (15,000)
Langenthal (14,000)
Famous Tourist Resorts   Interlanken
Meiringen
Adelboden
Grindelwald
Wengen
Mürren
Lauterbrunnen
Kandersteg



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