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Canton Bern

Swiss Cantons Swiss Cities Basel Bern Geneva Lausanne Lucerne St. Gallen Winterthur Zurich 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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