The Canton of Bern (German: Kanton Bern, About this sound pronunciation (help·info); French: Canton de Berne) is the second largest of the twenty-six Swiss cantons by both surface area and population.
Located in west-central Switzerland, it borders the Canton of Jura and the Canton of Solothurn to the north.
To the west lie the Canton of Neuchâtel, the Canton of Fribourg and Vaud.
To the south lies the Valais.
East of the canton of Bern lie the cantons of Uri, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Lucerne and Aargau.The canton of Bern is bilingual and has a population (as of December 31, 2014) of 1,009,418.
As of 2007, the population includes 119,930 (or 12.45%) foreigners.
The cantonal capital, also the federal capital of Switzerland, is Bern.
