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:

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Karte des Kanton Bern.
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Helveto-Roman settlement Bern-Engehalbinsel
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Baths at Engehalbinsel near Bern
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Burgundian and Allamanni lands between 534 and 843
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Lands held by the main noble families around 1200
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The Swiss Confederacy before the Battle of Sempach (1387)
The Swiss Confederacy in 1416
Map of the Bernese territory from 1638
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The Swiss Confederacy in the 18th century
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The districts of the Bernese Aargau before the creation of the Canton of Aargau