The city of Bern or Berne is the Bundesstadt of Switzerland and with (as of December 2008) a population of 131 000 the fourth most populous city in Switzerland. The Bern agglomeration which includes 43 municipalities has a population of 349 000. The metropolitan area had a population of 660 000 in 2000. http:--www. are. admin. ch-themen-agglomeration-00641-03373-index. html?lang=fr Bern is also the capital of the Canton of Bern the second most populous of Switzerland's cantons.