Bern (canton) facts for kids
The canton of Bern is a large region in Switzerland. It's like a state or a province, and about 947,000 people live there! You can find it in west-central Switzerland. The main city and capital of this canton is Bern.
Districts of Bern
A canton is divided into smaller areas called districts. These districts help manage the different towns and villages within the canton. As of April 2004, the canton of Bern has 398 towns and villages spread across 26 administrative districts. Each district has its own main town, which is like its capital.
Here are the districts:
- Aarberg with capital Aarberg
- Aarwangen with capital Aarwangen
- Bern with capital Berne
- Biel with capital Biel
- Büren with capital Büren an der Aare
- Burgdorf with capital Burgdorf
- Courtelary with capital Courtelary
- Erlach with capital Erlach
- Fraubrunnen with capital Fraubrunnen
- Frutigen with capital Frutigen
- Interlaken with capital Interlaken
- Konolfingen with capital Konolfingen
- Laupen with capital Laupen
- Moutier with capital Moutier
- La Neuveville with capital La Neuveville
- Nidau with capital Nidau
- Niedersimmental with capital Wimmis
- Oberhasli with capital Meiringen
- Obersimmental with capital Blankenburg
- Saanen with capital Saanen
- Schwarzenburg with capital Schwarzenburg
- Seftigen with capital Belp
- Signau with capital Langnau im Emmental
- Thun with capital Thun
- Trachselwald with capital Trachselwald
- Wangen with capital Wangen an der Aare
Images for kids
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Helveto-Roman settlement Bern-Engehalbinsel
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Baths at Engehalbinsel near Bern
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Burgundian and Allamanni lands between 534 and 843
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Lands held by the main noble families around 1200
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The Swiss Confederacy before the Battle of Sempach (1387)
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The Swiss Confederacy in 1416
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The Swiss Confederacy in the 18th century
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The districts of the Bernese Aargau before the creation of the Canton of Aargau
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Map of the modern Canton of Vaud, which was annexed by Bern from 1536 until 1798
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Siege and execution of the garrison at Grandson
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The Helvetic Republic from 1798 to 1801
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View from the Chasseral across the Mittelland to the Bernese Alps
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Wetterhorn, painting by Joseph Anton Koch, 1824
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Emmentaler cheese
See also
In Spanish: Cantón de Berna para niños
