2006-12-04 07:55:13 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
Bern is the capital of Switzerland.
2006-12-04 09:28:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The city of Berne [bÉËn] (German Bern (help·info) [bÌ¥Érn], French Berne [bÉÊn], Italian Berna [ËbÉrna], Romansh Berna [ËbÉrnÉ], Bernese German Bärn [b̥æËrn]), 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).
Most of Berne's residents speak German, or more specifically, Bernese German, which is a high-Alemannic dialect. The Canton of Berne has a French-speaking part. Very few people still speak the Matteänglisch, a secret language used in the former workers' quarter Matte, but several words have found their way in the Bernese German.
Berne also functions as the capital of the Canton of Berne, the second most populous of Switzerland's cantons.
Illustrious Bernese include the reformer Albrecht von Haller, the poet Albert Bitzius and the painters Hans Fries, Ferdinand Hodler and Paul Klee. The German-born physicist Albert Einstein worked out his theory of relativity while employed as a clerk at the Berne patent office. A culturally important person was Mani Matter, a songwriter performing in Bernese German.
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2006-12-05 05:49:14 · answer #2 · answered by catzpaw 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just looked it up for you in an atlas.
The capital of Switzerland is Bern, but i'm sure many other people have told you the same thing now! x
2006-12-04 15:58:54 · answer #3 · answered by FreakGirl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Berne
2006-12-04 15:57:18 · answer #4 · answered by cami 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Berne is the capital of Switzerland.
2006-12-04 23:46:08 · answer #5 · answered by danielomm314 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bern
2006-12-04 17:57:59 · answer #6 · answered by Johnathan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A new country? Bern is the capital of Switzerland, however.
2006-12-04 16:14:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bern
2006-12-04 15:56:12 · answer #8 · answered by Cuddly Lez 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bern.
2006-12-04 15:57:40 · answer #9 · answered by vanamont7 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Berne, see wikipedia.
2006-12-04 15:58:12 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋