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 2019)[2]		 Area in km²
Amsoldingen795 4.70
Blumenstein1,248 15.52
Buchholterberg1,523 15.33
Burgistein1,113 7.53
Eriz491 21.78
Fahrni819 6.67
Forst-Längenbühl777 4.50
Gurzelen859 4.54
Heiligenschwendi707 5.55
Heimberg6,927 5.42
Hilterfingen4,057 2.83
Homberg502 6.51
Horrenbach-Buchen229 20.43
Oberhofen am Thunersee2,425 2.72
Oberlangenegg464 9.12
Stocken-Höfen1,012 14.22
Pohlern247 9.89
Reutigen1,000 11.26
Seftigen2,161 3.89
Sigriswil4,829 55.41
Steffisburg15,692 13.35
Teuffenthal166 4.52
Thierachern2,471 7.51
Thun43,632 21.57
Uebeschi685 4.40
Uetendorf5,843 10.15
Unterlangenegg1,008 6.80
Uttigen2,129 3.81
Wachseldorn233 3.52
Wattenwil3,018 14.54
Zwieselberg329 2.45
Total107,628 321.90
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. "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

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