Bern

  • Capital:Bern
  • Chancellor:Christoph Auer
  • Canton website
  • Main Language in %:German-84, French-7.6, Italian-2, Romansh-0.1
  • Religious affiliation in %:Protestants-67.1, Roman Catholics-16, No Religious-7.7
  • GDP, millions of current CHF:77,932 (2015)
  • GDP per capita, in CHF:76,897 (2015)
  • Employed, persons:628,477 (2015)
  • Unemployment rate in % (annual average):2.6 (2017)
  • Debt of the Cantons in Francs per Inhabitant:5,740 (2009)
  • Area in km²:5,841 (2014)
  • Population, persons:1,026,513 (2016)
  • Population Density per km2:176 (2016)
  • Passenger Cars per 1000 Inhabitants:518.3 (2016)
  • Residents per Room:0.58 (2000)
  • New Housing units per 1000 Residents:4.7 (2015)
  • Rate of Vacant Housing units:1.38 (2014)
  • Without Post-mandatory Education, %:18.2 (2016)
  • Upper secondary schools, %:51.2 (2016)
  • Higher Education, %:24.0 (2016)
  • Physicians in private practice per 100 000 people:220 (2017)
  • Hospital beds per 1000 people:4.8 (2016)
  • Hospitalisation rate per 1000 people:159.4 (2016)

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