Subdivisions of the canton of Bern#Districts 2009
On 1 January 2010, the 26 districts ({{langx|de|Amtsbezirke}}, {{langx|fr|districts}}) of the Canton of Bern were combined into 10 new precincts ({{langx|de|Verwaltungskreise}}, {{langx|fr|arrondissement administratif}}).{{Cite report |url=http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/03.Document.128095.pdf |title=Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz, Mutationsmeldungen 2009 / Répertoire officiel des communes de Suisse, Mutations 2009 / Elenco ufficiale dei Comuni della Svizzera, Mutazione 2009 |publisher=Federal Statistical Office |docket=nden |access-date=6 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101118021059/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/03.Document.128095.pdf |archive-date=18 November 2010 |url-status=dead |year=2009}}
They are grouped into five regions ({{langx|de|Verwaltungsregionen}}).
The existence of the 26 districts remains through the laws and Constitution of the Canton of Berne (Art.3 al.2 Cst) and coexists with the new 10 precincts ({{langx|de|Verwaltungskreise}}, {{langx|fr|arrondissement administratif}}). Although the original districts no longer serve any purpose.
{{as of|2022}} there were 338 municipalities of the canton of Bern.
Precincts 2010
File:Karte Kanton Bern Verwaltungskreise 2010.png
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! New district (Verwaltungskreis) ! Capital ! Region ! Former district(s) (Amtsbezirk) |
| Bern-Mittelland
| Bern, Fraubrunnen, Konolfingen, Laupen, Schwarzenburg and Seftigen |
| Biel/Bienne
| Seeland |
| Emmental
| Burgdorf, Signau and Trachselwald |
| Frutigen-Niedersimmental
| Frutigen | Frutigen and Niedersimmental |
| Interlaken-Oberhasli
| Interlaken and Oberhasli |
| Jura Bernois
| Courtelary, Moutier and La Neuveville |
| Oberaargau |
| Obersimmental-Saanen
| Saanen | Obersimmental and Saanen |
| Seeland
| Aarberg | Seeland |
| Thun
| Thun | Thun |
Districts
File:Karte Kanton Bern Bezirke.png
The canton of Bern is also subdivided into 26 districts ({{langx|de|Amtsbezirke}}; {{langx|fr|districts}}), which have no more administrative or political significance since the introduction of the new larger administrative subdivisions listed above.
The districts are:
- Aarberg with capital Aarberg
- Aarwangen with capital Aarwangen
- Bern with capital Bern
- Biel with capital Biel
- Büren with capital Büren an der Aare
- Burgdorf with capital Burgdorf
- Courtelary with capital Courtelary
- Erlach with capital Erlach
- Fraubrunnen with capital Fraubrunnen
- Frutigen with capital Frutigen
- Interlaken with capital Interlaken
- Konolfingen with capital Konolfingen
- Laupen with capital Laupen
- Moutier with capital Moutier
- La Neuveville with capital La Neuveville
- Nidau with capital Nidau
- Niedersimmental with capital Wimmis
- Oberhasli with capital Meiringen
- Obersimmental with capital Blankenburg
- Saanen with capital Saanen
- Schwarzenburg with capital Schwarzenburg
- Seftigen with capital Belp
- Signau with capital Langnau im Emmental
- Thun with capital Thun
- Trachselwald with capital Trachselwald
- Wangen with capital Wangen an der Aare
Maps 1978 - 2010
File:Karte Kanton Bern Bezirke 1978.png|Amtsbezirke until 31 December 1978
File:Karte Kanton Bern Bezirke 1993.png|Amtsbezirke until 31 December 1993
File:Karte Kanton Bern Bezirke 2009.png|Amtsbezirke until 31 December 2009
File:Karte Kanton Bern Verwaltungskreise 2010.png
Notes and references
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