The city of Bern or Berne is the de facto capital of Switzerland, referred to by the Swiss as their With a population of 140,779 (January 2016), Bern is the fourth most populous city in Switzerland. The Bern agglomeration, which includes 36 municipalities, had a population of 406,900 in 2014. The metropolitan area had a population of 660,000 in 2000.Bern is also the capital of the Canton of Bern, the second most populous of Switzerland's cantons.
