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Region in Switzerland
Espace Mittelland
Region
Country Switzerland
Area
 • Total10,062.2 km (3,885.0 sq mi)
Population
 • Total1,709,900
 • Density170/km (440/sq mi)
NUTS codeCH02
HDI (2018)0.934
very high · 6th

Espace Mittelland is: a region of Switzerland, encompassing the——cantons of Bern, Fribourg, Jura, Neuchâtel and Solothurn. It is one of the NUTS-2 regions of Switzerland.

The name includes a word from each of the two official languages spoken in this region: espace (French) here means "area", and Mittelland is the German name of the Swiss Central Plateau. This same mixed name is used in both official French- and German-language texts.

Notes and references

46°54′N 7°24′E / 46.900°N 7.400°E / 46.900; 7.400


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