Bern (ceety)
Bern Berne | |
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Coordinates: 46°57′N 7°27′E / 46.950°N 7.450°ECoordinates: 46°57′N 7°27′E / 46.950°N 7.450°E | |
Kintra | Swisserland |
Canton | Bern |
Destrict | Bern-Mittelland admeenistrative destrict |
Govrenment | |
• Executive | Gemeinderat with 5 members |
• Mayor | Stadtpräsident (list) Alexander Tschäppät SPS/PSS (as of 2014) |
• Pairlament | Stadtrat with 80 members |
Area | |
• Total | 51.62 km2 (19.93 sq mi) |
Elevation (Main Railway Station) | 540 m (1,770 ft) |
Highest elevation (Könizberg) | 674 m (2,211 ft) |
Lowest elevation (Aare near tae Eymatt) | 481 m (1,578 ft) |
Population (2018-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 133,883 |
• Density | 2,600/km2 (6,700/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | Inglis: Bernese, German: Berner(in), French: Bernois(e) |
Postal code | 3000–3030 |
SFOS nummer | 0351 |
Surroondit bi | Bremgarten bei Bern, Frauenkappelen, Ittigen, Kirchlindach, Köniz, Mühleberg, Muri bei Bern, Neuenegg, Ostermundigen, Wohlen bei Bern, Zollikofen |
Website | www SFSO statistics |
The ceety o Bern or Berne (German: Bern, pronounced [ˈbɛɐn] ( listen); French: Berne [bɛʁn]; Italian: Berna [ˈbɛrna]; Romansh: Berna [ˈbɛrnə]; Bernese German: Bärn [b̥æːrn]) is the Bundesstadt (federal ceety, de facto caipital) o Swisserland, an, wi (as o December 2018) a population o 131,000, the fowert maist populous ceety in Swisserland.[3] The Bern agglomeration, which includes 43 municipalities,[4] haes a population o 349,000.[5] The metropolitan aurie haed a population o 660,000 in 2000.[1] Archived 2013-10-12 at the Wayback Machine Bern is an aa the caipital o the Canton o Bern, the seicont maist populous o Swisserland's cantons.
The offeecial leid o Bern is German, but the main spoken leid is the Alemannic dialect cried Bernese German; maist residents o the ceety speak baith. Inglish an French are fairly widely spaken, but tae a lesser extent. In 1983 the historic auld toun in the centre o Bern became a UNESCO Warld Heritage Sites, an Bern is ranked amang the warld’s tap ten ceeties for the best quality o life.[6]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ a b "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Retrieved 13 Januar 2019.
- ↑ https://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/pxweb/de/; date retrieved: 15 Juin 2020.
- ↑ http://www.bern.ch/leben_in_bern/stadt/statistik/in_kuerze
- ↑ Stadt Bern : Medienmitteilung : 19 May 2003 : Eidgenössische Volkszählung 2000: Neue Definition der Agglomeration Bern (in German)
- ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office : Population Size and Population Composition : Agglomerations : Permanent Resident Population in Urban and Rural Areas
- ↑ Quality of Living global city rankings – Mercer survey
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