Thun District

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Thun District
Amtsbezirk Thun
District
CHE Thun Flag.svg
CHE Thun BE COA.svg
Karte Bezirk Thun 2007.png
Country Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Canton Flag of Canton of Bern.svg  Bern
Capital Thun
Area
  Total
267 km2 (103 sq mi)
Population
 (2007)
  Total
92,363
  Density350/km2 (900/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities26

Thun District is one of the 26 administrative districts in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. Its capital is the municipality of Thun.

On 1 January 2010, the district's administrative functions were transferred to the newly established and enlarged Thun (administrative district), though Thun itself remained the administrative centre.

Since 2010, it has continued to be a fully recognized district under the law and Constitution (Art.3 al.2) of the Canton of Berne.

The district covers an area of 285 km² and comprises 27 municipalities:

MunicipalityPopulation (Dec 2007) [1] Area (km2)
Amsoldingen 8044.7
Blumenstein 1,16115.5
Buchholterberg 1,48615.3
Eriz 51621.8
Fahrni 7416.7
Forst-Längenbühl 724 [2] 4.5
Heiligenschwendi 6295.6
Heimberg 5,9815.4
Hilterfingen 3,9552.8
Höfen 3844.6
Homberg 5006.5
Horrenbach-Buchen 27220.4
Oberhofen am Thunersee 23382.8
Oberlangenegg 5039.1
Pohlern 2709.9
Schwendibach 2511.5
Sigriswil 4,49455.4
Steffisburg 15,38013.5
Teuffenthal (BE) 1764.6
Thierachern 2,1777.5
Thun 41,64221.6
Uebeschi 6934.4
Uetendorf 5,90610.2
Unterlangenegg 9046.8
Wachseldorn 2393.5
Zwieselberg 2662.4

References

  1. Swiss Federal Statistical Office Archived 2011-09-04 at the Wayback Machine accessed 16-Jul-2009
  2. Forst-Längenbühl website-Numbers and facts Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 16 July 2009

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