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    The canton of Bern, or Berne (German: Kanton Bern; Romansh: Chantun Berna; French: canton de Berne; Italian: Canton Berna), is one of the 26 cantons forming...
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    population of 406,900 in 2014. The metropolitan area had a population of 660,000 in 2000. Bern is also the capital of the canton of Bern, the second-most...
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    the canton of Bern, the canton of Neuchatel, the canton of Solothurn, and the French régions of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and Grand Est. The king of Burgundy...
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    of Bern. It was founded in 1834. It is regulated and financed by the Canton of Bern. It is a comprehensive university offering a broad choice of courses...
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    There are 335 municipalities in the canton of Bern, Switzerland (as of January 2024[update]). Aarberg Aarwangen Adelboden Aefligen Aegerten Aeschi bei...
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    canton is bounded to the west by Lake Neuchâtel, to the west and the south by the canton of Vaud, and to the east by the canton of Bern. The canton includes...
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    as the 23rd canton with its secession from Bern in 1979. The official number of cantons was increased to 26 in the federal constitution of 1999, which...
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    four Swiss cantons: Geneva, Vaud, Neuchâtel, and Jura; and the co-official language – along with German – in the cantons of Valais, Bern, and Fribourg...
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    Bernese Oberland (category Regions of the canton of Bern)
    Bernese Highlands, is the highest and southernmost part of the canton of Bern. It is one of the canton's five administrative regions (in which context it is...
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  • Railways or Bern–Lötschberg–Simplon railway. The cantons listed below are the principal areas of operation, but some lines may extend into parts of neighbouring...
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  • arrondissement administratif). As of 2022[update] there were 338 municipalities of the canton of Bern. The canton of Bern is also subdivided into 26 districts...
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    Battle of Marignano. Only Bern and Fribourg were still able to conquer the Vaud in 1536; the latter primarily became part of the canton of Bern, with a...
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    The coat of arms of Bern, along with the associated flag and heraldic colours, are used both by the Swiss city of Bern and by the canton of the same name...
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    all the lands now part of the canton belonged to the count. In 1405, the cities of Bern and Neuchâtel entered a union. The lands of Neuchâtel had passed...
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    Bern Minster (German: Berner Münster) is a Swiss Reformed cathedral (or minster) in the old city of Bern, Switzerland. Built in the Gothic style, its construction...
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    Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. The municipality comprises the other villages of Wengen, Mürren, Gimmelwald, Stechelberg...
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    Eiger (redirect from Eiger (Canton of Bern))
    to the north in the Bernese Oberland region of the canton of Bern. It forms a renowned mountain range of the Bernese Alps together with its two companions:...
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    Iseltwald (redirect from Iseltwald (Bern))
    is located in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district of the canton of Bern. Iseltwald is first mentioned in 1146 as Iseltwalt. During the Middle...
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    Biel/Bienne (redirect from Biel (Bern))
    pronunciation: [biːl] , French pronunciation: [bjɛn]) is a bilingual city in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. With over 55,000 residents, it is the country's tenth-largest...
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    The Old City (German: Altstadt) is the medieval city center of Bern, Switzerland. Built on a narrow hill bordered on three sides by the river Aare, its...
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    Switzerland. The canton of Bern in the Restored Confederacy of 1815 even after the loss of Aargau and Vaud remained the largest Swiss canton, relegated to...
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    administrative district in the canton of Berne. In addition to the village of Grindelwald, the municipality also includes the settlements of Alpiglen, Burglauenen...
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    Bern-Belp Regional Aerodrome (IATA: BRN, ICAO: LSZB / LSMB), marketed as Bern Airport, officially referred to as Regionalflugplatz Bern-Belp in German...
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  • canton of Bern or for Bern. Bernese may also refer to: Bernese German, a Swiss German dialect of Alemannic origin generally spoken in the canton of Bern...
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    Emmental (category Landforms of the canton of Bern)
    west-central Switzerland, forming part of the canton of Bern. It is a hilly landscape comprising the basins of the rivers Emme and Ilfis. The region is...
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    situated in the southwestern part of the country. It borders the cantons of Vaud and Bern to the north, the cantons of Uri and Ticino to the east, as well...
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    Wengen (redirect from Wengen (Bern))
    Bernese Oberland of central Switzerland. Located in the canton of Bern at an elevation of 1,274 m (4,180 ft) above sea level, it is part of the Jungfrauregion...
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    municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2017 the former municipality of Tägertschi merged...
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    Thun (redirect from Thun (Bern))
    of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is located where the Aare flows out of Lake Thun (Thunersee), 30 kilometres (19 miles) southeast of Bern...
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  • the Canton of Zürich Affoltern im Emmental, in the Canton of Bern Affoltern (Zürich), part of the city of Zürich Grossaffoltern, in the Canton of Bern This...
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