Thun (administrative district)

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 2018)[2]		 Area in km²
Amsoldingen812 4.70
Blumenstein1,246 15.52
Buchholterberg1,527 15.33
Burgistein1,096 7.53
Eriz483 21.78
Fahrni809 6.67
Forst-Längenbühl765 4.50
Gurzelen840 4.54
Heiligenschwendi703 5.55
Heimberg6,832 5.42
Hilterfingen4,047 2.83
Homberg509 6.51
Horrenbach-Buchen235 20.43
Oberhofen am Thunersee2,413 2.72
Oberlangenegg462 9.12
Stocken-Höfen1,016 14.22
Pohlern255 9.89
Reutigen999 11.26
Seftigen2,144 3.89
Sigriswil4,833 55.41
Steffisburg15,959 13.35
Teuffenthal174 4.52
Thierachern2,428 7.51
Thun43,734 21.57
Uebeschi673 4.40
Uetendorf5,893 10.15
Unterlangenegg998 6.80
Uttigen2,103 3.81
Wachseldorn235 3.52
Wattenwil2,936 14.54
Zwieselberg332 2.45
Total107,491 321.90
Thun District

Verwaltungskreis Thun
District
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

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. Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB, online database – Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit (in German) accessed 23 September 2019
  3. Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz Archived 2015-11-13 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 13 December 2014

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