Canton o Bern

The Canton o Bern (German: Kanton Bern, pronunciation ; French: Canton de Berne) is the seicont lairgest o the 26 Swiss cantons bi baith surface aurie an population. Locatit in wast-central Swisserland, it borders the Canton o Jura an the Canton o Solothurn tae the north. To the west lie the Canton o Neuchâtel, the Canton o Fribourg an Vaud. Tae the sooth lees the Valais. East o the canton o Bern lee the cantons o Uri, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Lucerne an Aargau. The canton o Bern is bilingual an haes a population (as o 31 December 2018) o 1,034,977. As o 2007, the population includit 119,930 (or 12.45%) foreigners. The cantonal caipital, the federal caipital o Swisserland an aw, is Bern. Notes an references Freemit airtins Offeecial wabsteid Archived 2016-03-21 at the Wayback Machine Berne Economic Development Agency Offeecial statistics Canton o Bern in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.