Official Name: | Bern District |
Native Name: | Amtsbezirk Bern District de Berne Distretto di Berna |
Settlement Type: | District |
Subdivision Type3: | Capital |
Area Total Km2: | 234 |
Population As Of: | 2007 |
Population Total: | 238069 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Blank Name Sec1: | Municipalities |
Blank Info Sec1: | 13 |
Bern District (German: Amtsbezirk Bern, French: District de Berne, Italian: Distretto di Berna) is a constitutional district and used to be an administrative district in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. It had an area of 233km² and a population of 237,919 (in January 2005).
From 1 January 2010, the district lost its administrative power while being replaced by the Bern-Mittelland (administrative district), whose administrative centre is Ostermundigen. Since 2010, it remains a fully recognised district under the law and the Constitution (Art.3 al.2) of the Canton of Berne.
Its capital was the city of Bern, which contains around half the population. The district consists of thirteen municipalities:
Municipality | Population (Jan 2005) | Area (km²) | |
---|---|---|---|
122,304 | 51.6 | ||
6,142 | 16.6 | ||
3,818 | 1.9 | ||
10,919 | 4.2 | ||
2,586 | 11.9 | ||
37,067 | 51.1 | ||
12,567 | 7.7 | ||
880 | 12.4 | ||
15,282 | 6.0 | ||
2,949 | 3.6 | ||
4,702 | 24.8 | ||
9,155 | 36.3 | ||
9,548 | 5.4 |