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Thun District

Coordinates: 46°45′00″N 7°37′00″E / 46.75°N 7.61667°E / 46.75; 7.61667
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Thun District
Amtsbezirk Thun
District
Location of Thun District
Country Switzerland
Canton Bern
CapitalThun
Area
 • Total267 km2 (103 sq mi)
Population
 (2007)
 • Total92,363
 • Density350/km2 (900/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+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.

From 1 January 2010, the district lost its administrative power while being replaced by the new and enlarged Thun (administrative district), whose administrative centre remained Thun.

Since 2010, it remains therefore a fully recognised district under the law and the Constitution (Art.3 al.2) of the Canton of Berne.

The district has an area of 285 km2 and consists of 27 municipalities:

Municipality Population (Dec 2007)[1] Area (km2)
Amsoldingen 804 4.7
Blumenstein 1,161 15.5
Buchholterberg 1,486 15.3
Eriz 516 21.8
Fahrni 741 6.7
Forst-Längenbühl 724[2] 4.5
Heiligenschwendi 629 5.6
Heimberg 5,981 5.4
Hilterfingen 3,955 2.8
Höfen 384 4.6
Homberg 500 6.5
Horrenbach-Buchen 272 20.4
Oberhofen am Thunersee 2338 2.8
Oberlangenegg 503 9.1
Pohlern 270 9.9
Schwendibach 251 1.5
Sigriswil 4,494 55.4
Steffisburg 15,380 13.5
Teuffenthal (BE) 176 4.6
Thierachern 2,177 7.5
Thun 41,642 21.6
Uebeschi 693 4.4
Uetendorf 5,906 10.2
Unterlangenegg 904 6.8
Wachseldorn 239 3.5
Zwieselberg 266 2.4

References

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  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

46°45′00″N 7°37′00″E / 46.75°N 7.61667°E / 46.75; 7.61667