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Canton of Berne

canton of Switzerland
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Summary

Canton of Berne is a canton of Switzerland[1]. It draws 5,937 Wikipedia views per month (canton of switzerland category, ranking #5 of 28).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Switzerland[3]
  • Country: Switzerland[4]
  • Head of government: Beatrice Simon[5]
  • Capital: Bern[6]
  • Official language: Swiss High German[7], Swiss French[8], German[9], French[10]
  • Shares border with: Canton of Jura[11], Canton of Solothurn[12], Canton of Vaud[13], Canton of Fribourg[14], Canton of Aargau[15], Canton of Uri[16], Canton of Nidwalden[17], Canton of Obwalden[18], Canton of Lucerne[19], Canton of Neuchâtel[20], Canton of Valais[21]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Bernese Jura administrative district[22], Biel/Bienne administrative district[23], Seeland administrative district[24], Administrative District Oberaargau[25], Emmental administrative district[26], Bern-Mittelland administrative district[27], Thun administrative district[28], Obersimmental-Saanen administrative district[29], Frutigen-Niedersimmental administrative district[30], Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district[31]
  • Flag: coat of arms of Bern[32]
  • Twinned administrative body: Nara Prefecture[33]
  • Legislative body: Grand Council of the Canton of Bern[34]
  • Executive body: Executive Council of Bern[35]
  • Coat of arms: coat of arms of Bern[36]
  • Commons category: Canton of Bern[37]
  • Licence plate code: BE[38]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[39], UTC+02:00[40]
  • Archives at: State archives of the canton of Berne[41]
  • Inception: 1353[42]
  • Highest point: Finsteraarhorn[43]
  • Coordinate location: 46.84, 7.6[44]
  • Official website: https://www.be.ch[45]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Canton of Bern[46]
  • Commons gallery: Canton of Bern[47]
  • Email address: mailto:web.sta@be.ch[48], mailto:kommunikation@be.ch[49]
  • Web feed URL: https://www.api.news.apps.be.ch/api/atom/news?lang=de[50], https://www.api.news.apps.be.ch/api/atom/news?lang=fr[51]
  • Population: 1,034,977[52], 1,063,533[53]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Canton of Berne include New Bern[54], a city in the United States[55], in United States[56], founded in 1710[57].

Why It Matters

Canton of Berne has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[58] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[59]

Entities named for it include New Bern[54], a city in the United States[55], in United States[56], founded in 1710[57].

Related Entities

Bern Eiger Govdirectory Mönch Old Swiss Confederacy On Her Majesty's Secret Service Switzerland The Eiger Sanction The Golden Compass

References

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [54] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

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Class ancestry

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [58] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [59] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 27d ago · ArthurPSmith · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ror id → 02w2k4q63
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  2. 10w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-08-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coat of arms image → CHE Bern BE COA.svg
    Language used → Swiss High German, Arpitan language, Swiss German
    Flag → coat of arms of Bern
    Official language → Swiss High German, Swiss French, German +1
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ Flag: coat of arms of Bern, разрешение перенаправления / resolving redirect flag of Berne → coat of arms of Bern ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/KrBotResolvingRedirect/Q2794859_Q139"
  3. 11w ago · SpinnerLaserzthe2nd · 2026-08-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Flag image → CHE Bern BE Flag.svg
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Flag image: CHE Bern BE Flag.svg"
  4. 13w ago · Yorwba · 2026-07-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Locator map image → Karte Lage Kanton Bern 2026.png, Bern in Switzerland.svg
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Locator map image: Bern in Switzerland.svg"
  5. 15w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14586 → 77388
    Flag → coat of arms of Bern
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