Bern (canton) facts for kids
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
Images for kids
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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)
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The Swiss Confederacy in 1416
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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
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Map of the modern Canton of Vaud, which was annexed by Bern from 1536 until 1798
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Siege and execution of the garrison at Grandson
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The Helvetic Republic from 1798 to 1801
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View from the Chasseral across the Mittelland to the Bernese Alps
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Wetterhorn, painting by Joseph Anton Koch, 1824
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Emmentaler cheese
See also
In Spanish: Cantón de Berna para niños
