Thun District
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Thun District is one of the 26 administrative districts in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. Its capital is the municipality of Thun.
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Thun District
Amtsbezirk Thun | |
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District | |
Country | Switzerland |
Canton | Bern |
Capital | Thun |
Area | |
• Total | 267 km2 (103 sq mi) |
Population (2007) | |
• Total | 92,363 |
• Density | 350/km2 (900/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Municipalities | 26 |
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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:
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Municipality | Population (Dec 2007)[1] | Area (km2) |
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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 |
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