Capital city · Switzerland · Europe
Bern
City population
121,631
#5
in Switzerland
#1
in Bern
#4,696
worldwide
46.948, 7.447
About Bern
Bern is the capital of Switzerland, with a city population of 121,631. It is the 5th largest of the 73 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Switzerland, and the 4,696th largest worldwide.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 6
Capital
National capital
Elevation
549 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Zurich
Coordinates
46.948, 7.447
Record updated
2019-09-18
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 73 in SwitzerlandClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.