Local time
Sun, 3:16 AM GMT+2Europe/ZurichCityCapital
Bern
46.92° N, 7.47° E
- Population
- 275,329
- Natural Earth
- Population rank
- 4 of 9
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 9 cities of Switzerland in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Switzerland, so this is not a national ranking.
- Time zone
- Europe/Zurich
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Practical bearings for Bern, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Bern have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
Its origin is uncertain: it is sometimes associated with the German word "Baer," but a more likely origin is the Indo-European root "ber," meaning "marshy place".
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person