Canton of Bern
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.
- State with 1,040,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 623 metres (2,044 feet)
- …is abbreviated as “BE”
- Description: canton of Switzerland
- Also known as“BE”“Bern”“Bern/Berne”“Berne”“Canton of Berne”“CH021”“the Canton of Berne”
- Neighbors
Places of Interest
Highlights include Oberdiessbach Castle and Gerzensee.
Kiesen Castle
Castle
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thun and Münsingen.
Steffisburg
Town
Photo: Clark park, Public domain.Canton of Bern
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Latitude
46.8382° or 46° 50′ 18″ north
Longitude
7.6005° or 7° 36′ 2″ east
Open location code
8FR9RJQ2+75
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Canton of Bern” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Bern”
- Afrikaans: “Kanton Bern”
- Albanian: “Kantoni Bern”
- Amharic: “በርን”
- Arabic: “برن”
- Arabic: “كانتون برن”
- Aragonese: “Berna”
- Aragonese: “Cantón de Berna”
- Armenian: “Բեռն”
- Arpitan: “Bèrna”
- Arpitan: “Quenton de Bèrna”
- Asturian: “Berna”
- Asturian: “Cantón de Berna”
- Azerbaijani: “Bern kantonu”
- Balinese: “Kanton Bern”
- Basque: “Berna kantonamendua”
- Belarusian: “Берн (кантон)”
- Belarusian: “Берн”
- Belarusian: “Бэрн”
- Bengali: “ক্যান্টন অব বার্ন”
- Bosnian: “Bern”
- Breton: “Bern”
- Breton: “Kanton Bern”
- Bulgarian: “Берн”
- Catalan: “Berna”
- Catalan: “Cantó de Berna”
- Cebuano: “Berne”
- Cebuano: “Canton de Berne”
- Chinese: “伯恩州”
- Chuvash: “Берн”
- Cornish: “Bern”
- Corsican: “Berna”
- Croatian: “Bern”
- Czech: “Bern”
- Danish: “Bern”
- Danish: “Kanton Bern”
- Dutch: “Bern”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كانتون بيرن”
- Esperanto: “Berno”
- Esperanto: “Kantono Berno”
- Estonian: “Berni kanton”
- Finnish: “Bern”
- French: “BE”
- French: “Berne”
- French: “canton de Berne”
- French: “Canton de Berne”
- Galician: “BE”
- Galician: “Berna”
- Galician: “Cantón de Berna”
- Georgian: “ბერნის კანტონი”
- German: “BE”
- German: “Bern”
- German: “Kanton Bern”
- Greek: “Καντόνι της Βέρνης”
- Gujarati: “કેન્ટન ઓફ બર્ન”
- Hausa: “Bern”
- Hebrew: “ברן”
- Hebrew: “קנטון ברן”
- Hindi: “बर्न कैन्टन”
- Hindi: “बर्न छावनी”
- Hungarian: “Bern kanton”
- Icelandic: “Bern”
- Iloko: “Berna”
- Iloko: “Kanton ti Berna”
- Indonesian: “Bern”
- Indonesian: “Kanton Bern”
- Interlingue: “Bern”
- Interlingue: “Canton de Bern”
- Irish: “Bern”
- Irish: “cantún Bern”
- Italian: “BE”
- Italian: “Berna”
- Italian: “Canton Berna”
- Italian: “Cantone di Berna”
- Japanese: “ベルン州”
- Javanese: “Bern”
- Javanese: “Kanton Bern”
- Kannada: “ಬರ್ನ್ ಕ್ಯಾಂಟನ್”
- Kazakh: “Берн”
- Kirghiz: “Берн”
- Korean: “베른 주”
- Korean: “베른”
- Korean: “베른주”
- Kurdish: “Bern”
- Ladin: “Cianton de Bern”
- Latin: “Berna”
- Latvian: “Bernes kantons”
- Limburgan: “Bern”
- Lingala: “Kanton ya Bern”
- Lithuanian: “Berno kantonas”
- Lombard: “Berna”
- Lombard: “Canton Berna”
- Luxembourgish: “BE”
- Luxembourgish: “Bern”
- Luxembourgish: “Kanton Bern”
- Macedonian: “Берн”
- Malay: “Bern”
- Maltese: “Bern”
- Marathi: “बर्न”
- Mazanderani: “برن کانتون”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Bern Chiu”
- Northern Frisian: “Bern”
- Northern Sami: “Bern”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bern”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Berne”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kantonen Bern”
- Norwegian: “Bern”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Canton de Bèrna”
- Oromo: “Bern”
- Ossetian: “Берн (кантон)”
- Ossetian: “Берн”
- Panjabi: “ਬਰਨ”
- Persian: “ایالت برن”
- Persian: “کانتون برن”
- Piemontese: “Canton ëd Berna”
- Polish: “Berno”
- Portuguese: “BE”
- Portuguese: “Berna”
- Portuguese: “Berne”
- Pushto: “برن”
- Romanian: “Berna”
- Romanian: “Cantonul Berna”
- Romansh: “Berna”
- Romansh: “Chantun Berna”
- Russian: “Берн”
- Russian: “кантон Берн”
- Rusyn: “Берн”
- Scots: “Canton o Bern”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Bern”
- Serbian: “Берн”
- Serbian: “Кантон Берн”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Bern”
- Sicilian: “Canton Berna”
- Sinhala: “බෙම් ප්රාන්තය”
- Slovak: “Bern”
- Slovenian: “BE”
- Slovenian: “Bern”
- Slovenian: “Kanton Bern”
- Somali: “Bern”
- South Azerbaijani: “برن”
- Spanish: “BE”
- Spanish: “Berna”
- Spanish: “Cantón de Berna”
- Swahili: “Jimbo la Bern”
- Swedish: “Bern”
- Swedish: “Berns kanton”
- Swiss German: “Bärn”
- Swiss German: “Kanton Bern”
- Tajik: “Берн”
- Tamil: “கான்டோன் ஆப் பெர்ன்”
- Tatar: “Берн кантоны”
- Tatar: “Берн кантуны”
- Telugu: “కాంటన్ ఆఫ్ బెర్న్”
- Thai: “รัฐเบิร์น”
- Thai: “รัฐแบร์น”
- Turkish: “BE”
- Turkish: “Bern (kanton)”
- Turkish: “Bern kantonu”
- Turkish: “Bern”
- Turkish: “Berna”
- Turkish: “Berne”
- Turkish: “canton de Berne”
- Ukrainian: “Берн (кантон)”
- Ukrainian: “Берн”
- Urdu: “کینٹن برن”
- Uzbek: “Bern”
- Venetian: “Canton Berna”
- Vietnamese: “BE”
- Vietnamese: “Bern”
- Waray (Philippines): “Bern”
- Welsh: “Bern”
- Western Panjabi: “برن کینٹن”
- Wu Chinese: “伯尔尼州”
- Yue Chinese: “伯恩州”
- “ma kipisi Pen”
- “ma lili Pen”
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