page_title: Canton of Bern
section_title: Old Swiss Confederacy
hierarchical_section_title: Canton of Bern / History / Old Swiss Confederacy
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Der Berner Aargau (Unter-Aargau) 1732 (Einrichtung des Oberamts Kasteln) bis 1798 (Helvetische Revolution).
context_page_description: The canton of Bern or Berne is the second-largest of the 26 Swiss cantons by both surface area and population. Located in west-central Switzerland, it borders the canton of Jura and the canton of Solothurn to the north. To the west lie the canton of Neuchâtel, the canton of Fribourg and canton of Vaud. To the south lies the canton of Valais. East of the canton of Bern lie the cantons of Uri, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Lucerne and Aargau.
  The canton of Bern is bilingual and has a population of 1,034,977. As of 2007, the population included 119,930 foreigners. The cantonal capital, also the "federal city" of Switzerland, is Bern. Other major cities are Thun and Biel/Bienne.
context_section_description: Bern joined the Old Swiss Confederation in 1353.
caption: The districts of the Bernese Aargau before the creation of the Canton of Aargau
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