Thun (administrative district)

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Thun District

Verwaltungskreis Thun
District
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Country  Switzerland
Canton Bern
CapitalThun
Area
 • Total322 km2 (124 sq mi)
Population
 (2008)
 • Total103,233
 • Density320/km2 (830/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities31

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.

Flag Name Population
(31 December 2019)[2] 		Area in km²
Amsoldingen Amsoldingen 795 4.70
Blumenstein Blumenstein 1,248 15.52
Buchholterberg Buchholterberg 1,523 15.33
Burgistein Burgistein 1,113 7.53
Eriz Eriz 491 21.78
Fahrni Fahrni 819 6.67
Forst-Längenbühl Forst-Längenbühl 777 4.50
Gurzelen Gurzelen 859 4.54
Heiligenschwendi Heiligenschwendi 707 5.55
Heimberg Heimberg 6,927 5.42
Hilterfingen Hilterfingen 4,057 2.83
Homberg Homberg 502 6.51
Horrenbach-Buchen Horrenbach-Buchen 229 20.43
Oberhofen am Thunersee Oberhofen am Thunersee 2,425 2.72
Oberlangenegg Oberlangenegg 464 9.12
Stocken-Höfen Stocken-Höfen 1,012 14.22
Pohlern Pohlern 247 9.89
Reutigen Reutigen 1,000 11.26
Seftigen Seftigen 2,161 3.89
Sigriswil Sigriswil 4,829 55.41
Steffisburg Steffisburg 15,692 13.35
Teuffenthal Teuffenthal 166 4.52
Thierachern Thierachern 2,471 7.51
Thun Thun 43,632 21.57
Uebeschi Uebeschi 685 4.40
Uetendorf Uetendorf 5,843 10.15
Unterlangenegg Unterlangenegg 1,008 6.80
Uttigen Uttigen 2,129 3.81
Wachseldorn Wachseldorn 233 3.52
Wattenwil Wattenwil 3,018 14.54
Zwieselberg Zwieselberg 329 2.45
Total 107,628 321.90

Mergers[]

  • On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Niederstocken, Oberstocken and Höfen merged into the municipality of Stocken-Höfen and the former municipality of Kienersrüti merged into the municipality of Uttigen.[3]
  • On 1 January 2020 the former municipality of Schwendibach merged into the municipality of Steffisburg.

References[]

  1. ^ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz, Mutationsmeldungen 2009 / Répertoire officiel des communes de Suisse, Mutations 2009 / Elenco ufficiale dei Comuni della Svizzera, Mutazione 2009 (PDF) (Report). Federal Statistical Office. 2009. 2776. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
  2. ^ "Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit". bfs.admin.ch (in German). Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  3. ^ Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz Archived 2015-11-13 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 13 December 2014

Coordinates: 46°45′N 7°37′E / 46.750°N 7.617°E / 46.750; 7.617

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