Bern metropolitan area

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The Bern metropolitan area is the urban region centered around Switzerland’s federal city of Bern, encompassing its surrounding suburbs and commuter towns as a key political and economic hub.


Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf metropolitan area
urban area
centralCity Bern
contains Belp
Bern
Bolligen
Burgdorf
Fribourg metropolitan commuters
Ittigen
Kehrsatz
Kirchlindach
Köniz
Lyss
Muri bei Bern
Münsingen
Ostermundigen
Thun
Wohlen bei Bern
Zollikofen
country Switzerland
dialect Alemannic German
surface form: Bernese German
economicRole regional economic hub
economicSector education and research
public administration
services
governingBody canton of Bern
surface form: Canton of Bern authorities
hasCapitalFunction Swiss federal government
surface form: federal government of Switzerland
hasFeature dense public transport network
high share of public sector employment
hasFunction commuter belt for Bern
language German
locatedInTimeZone UTC+01:00
UTC+02:00
partOf Canton of Bern NERFINISHED
politicalRole seat of the federal authorities of Switzerland
regionType functional urban area
river Aare
statisticalUse used in Swiss regional planning
used in economic analysis of Switzerland
suburbanArea agglomeration of Bern
timeZone Central European Summer Time
Central European Time
transportHub A1 motorway NERFINISHED
A6 motorway NERFINISHED
Bern Airport
Bern railway station
urbanCore Bern, Switzerland
surface form: city of Bern

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

A1 motorway (Switzerland) connectsUrbanArea Bern metropolitan area
Swiss Plateau contains Bern metropolitan area
BSC Young Boys hasSupporterBase Bern metropolitan area
subject surface form: Bern-Mittelland administrative district