Canton of Bern

The Swiss canton of Bern has about 947,000 people. The canton is in west-central Switzerland and the city of Bern is its capital.

Districts

As of April 2004, there are 398 municipalities of the canton of Bern within the following 26 administrative districts:

• Aarberg with capital Aarberg
• Aarwangen with capital Aarwangen
• Bern with capital Berne
• Biel with capital Biel
• Büren with capital Büren an der Aare
• Burgdorf with capital Burgdorf
• Courtelary with capital Courtelary
• Erlach with capital Erlach
• Fraubrunnen with capital Fraubrunnen
• Frutigen with capital Frutigen
• Interlaken with capital Interlaken
• Konolfingen with capital Konolfingen
• Laupen with capital Laupen
• Moutier with capital Moutier
• La Neuveville with capital La Neuveville
• Nidau with capital Nidau
• Niedersimmental with capital Wimmis
• Oberhasli with capital Meiringen
• Obersimmental with capital Blankenburg
• Saanen with capital Saanen
• Schwarzenburg with capital Schwarzenburg
• Seftigen with capital Belp
• Signau with capital Langnau im Emmental
• Thun with capital Thun
• Trachselwald with capital Trachselwald
• Wangen with capital Wangen an der Aare

Other websites

• Official website (in German and French)
• Official statistics
• Berner Oberland Tourism Archived 2008-12-16 at the Wayback Machine
• Biel/Bienne and Seeland Tourism Archived 2008-09-07 at the Wayback Machine
• Bernese Jura Tourism