the capital of Switzerland; located in western Switzerland

The city of Berne (German , French Berne , Italian Berna , Romansh Berna , Bernese German Bärn ), is the "Bundesstadt" ("federal city", capital) of Switzerland and, with 140,000 people, is the fourth most populous Swiss city (after Zürich, Geneva and Basel).

The District of Berne (German: Bezirk Bern) is an administrative district in the canton of Berne, Switzerland. It has an area of 233 km² and a population of 237,919 (as of January 2005).