Thun District Explained

Official Name:Thun District
Native Name:Amtsbezirk Thun
Settlement Type:District
Subdivision Type3:Capital
Area Total Km2:267
Population As Of:2007
Population Total:92363
Population Density Km2:auto
Utc Offset:+1
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Blank Name Sec1:Municipalities
Blank Info Sec1:26

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:

MunicipalityPopulation (Dec 2007)[1] Area (km2)
804 4.7
1,161 15.5
1,486 15.3
516 21.8
741 6.7
724[2] 4.5
629 5.6
5,981 5.4
3,955 2.8
384 4.6
500 6.5
272 20.4
2338 2.8
503 9.1
270 9.9
251 1.5
4,494 55.4
15,380 13.5
176 4.6
2,177 7.5
41,642 21.6
693 4.4
5,906 10.2
904 6.8
239 3.5
266 2.4

Notes and References

  1. http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/regionalportraets/gemeindesuche.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office
  2. http://www.forst-laengenbuehl.ch/zahlen-fakten.html?&no_cache=1 Forst-Längenbühl website-Numbers and facts