Thun (administrative district)

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Thun District
Verwaltungskreis Thun
District
Thun (administrative district)
Country Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Canton Flag of Canton of Bern.svg  Bern
Capital Thun
Area
  Total322 km2 (124 sq mi)
Population
 (2008)
  Total103,233
  Density320/km2 (830/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities30

Thun District in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland was created on 1 January 2010. [1] It is part of the Oberland administrative region. It contains 31 municipalities with an area of 321.90 km2 (124.29 sq mi) and a population (as of December 2008) of 103,233.

Coat of armsNamePopulation
(31 December 2020) [2]
Area in km²
CHE Amsoldingen COA.svg Amsoldingen 8004.70
CHE Blumenstein COA.svg Blumenstein 1,23615.52
Buchholterberg-coat of arms.svg Buchholterberg 1,51915.33
Burgistein-coat of arms.svg Burgistein 1,0937.53
Eriz-coat of arms.svg Eriz 48521.78
Wappen fahrni.jpg Fahrni 8116.67
Forst Langenbuhl-coat of arms.svg Forst-Längenbühl 7694.50
CHE Gurzelen COA.svg Gurzelen 8844.54
Heiligenschwendi-coat of arms.svg Heiligenschwendi 7255.55
Heimberg-coat of arms.svg Heimberg 6,9685.42
Hilterfingen-coat of arms.svg Hilterfingen 4,0942.83
Homberg-coat of arms.svg Homberg 5106.51
Horrenbach Buchen-coat of arms.svg Horrenbach-Buchen 22620.43
Oberhofen am Thunersee-coat of arms.svg Oberhofen am Thunersee 2,4452.72
Oberlangenegg-coat of arms.svg Oberlangenegg 4839.12
Stocken-Hofen-coat of arms.svg Stocken-Höfen 1,04114.22
Pohlern-coat of arms.svg Pohlern 2329.89
CHE Reutigen COA.svg Reutigen 1,02313.71
Seftigen-coat of arms.svg Seftigen 2,1473.89
Sigriswil-coat of arms.svg Sigriswil 4,84755.41
Steffisburg-coat of arms.svg Steffisburg 15,99113.35
CHE Teuffenthal COA.svg Teuffenthal 1604.52
Thierachern-coat of arms.svg Thierachern 2,5147.51
Thun-coat of arms.svg Thun 43,47621.57
CHE Uebeschi BE COA.svg Uebeschi 7184.40
Uetendorf-coat of arms.svg Uetendorf 5,83010.15
Unterlangenegg-coat of arms.svg Unterlangenegg 1,0186.80
Uttigen-coat of arms.svg Uttigen 2,1533.81
Wachseldorn-coat of arms.svg Wachseldorn 2293.52
Wattenwil-coat of arms.svg Wattenwil 3,06014.54
Total107,809321.90

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