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Bern or Berne (German: Bern [bɛrn] (About this soundlisten), Alemannic German: Bärn, French: Berne, Italian: Berna, Romansh: Berna) is the de facto capital of Switzerland, referred to by the Swiss as their Bundesstadt, or "federal city". Bern is the fifth-most populous city in Switzerland. Bern is also the capital of the canton of Bern,
The city of Bern consists of the following districts, which consist of several quartiers: Innere Stadt (the old town), Länggasse-Felsenau, Mattenhof-Weissenbühl, Kirchenfeld-Schosshalde, Breitenrain-Lorraine, Bümpliz-Oberbottigen (containing the former municipality Bümpliz).