The canton of Bern, or Berne, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. Its capital city, Bern, is also the de facto capital of Switzerland. Its December 2020 population was 1,043,132 across an area of 5,959.59 square kilometers. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Population2020 figure from Canton of Bern's own Wikipedia infobox. Population Estimate Year Area (sq km) Admission Year Connections
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Bern, Cities bern is associated with canton-of-bern.
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Switzerland, Countries Canton of Bern is a canton of Switzerland.
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Has Capital
Bern, Cities bern is the capital of canton-of-bern.
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The canton of Bern or Berne is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. Its capital city, Bern, is also the de facto capital of Switzerland.
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Capital Bern
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The canton of Bern is bilingual, officially German- and French-speaking, and has a population (as of 31 December 2020) of 1,043,132.
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Area (Total) 5,959.59 km2
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46.84 N 7.60 E
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Formerly part of the Holy Roman Empire, the canton of Bern entered an alliance with the Swiss Forest Cantons in 1323 and joined the Old Swiss Confederacy in 1353.
Part Of: Switzerland, Lead paragraph
Confederation. Its capital city, Bern, is also the de facto capital of Switzerland.
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