Bern (ceety)

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Aerial view o the Auld Ceety
Coat airms
Location o Bern Berne
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Coordinates: 46°57′N 7°27′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)
• 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	351
Surroondit bi	Bremgarten bei Bern, Frauenkappelen, Ittigen, Kirchlindach, Köniz, Mühleberg, Muri bei Bern, Neuenegg, Ostermundigen, Wohlen bei Bern, Zollikofen
Website	www.bern.ch 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. The Bern agglomeration, which includes 43 municipalities, haes a population o 349,000. The metropolitan aurie haed a population o 660,000 in 2000. 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.