Thun (administrative district)

Thun District Verwaltungskreis Thun
District
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Bern
Capital	Thun
Area
• Total	322 km^2 (124 sq mi)
Population (2008)
• Total	103,233
• Density	320/km^2 (830/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Municipalities	32

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 35 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 2014)[2]	Area in km²
	Amsoldingen	791	4.70
	Blumenstein	1,167	15.52
	Buchholterberg	1,550	15.33
	Burgistein	1,040	7.53
	Eriz	485	21.78
	Fahrni	790	6.67
	Forst-Längenbühl	764	4.50
	Gurzelen	848	4.54
	Heiligenschwendi	681	5.55
	Heimberg	6,631	5.42
	Hilterfingen	4,049	2.83
	Homberg	517	6.51
	Horrenbach-Buchen	250	20.43
	Oberhofen am Thunersee	2,390	2.72
	Oberlangenegg	474	9.12
	Stocken-Höfen	971	14.21
	Pohlern	257	9.89
	Reutigen	989	11.26
	Schwendibach	239	1.50
	Seftigen	2,188	3.89
	Sigriswil	4,671	55.41
	Steffisburg	15,703	13.35
	Teuffenthal	162	4.52
	Thierachern	2,458	7.51
	Thun	43,303	21.57
	Uebeschi	674	4.40
	Uetendorf	6,008	10.15
	Unterlangenegg	914	6.80
	Uttigen	1,901	3.79
	Wachseldorn	236	3.52
	Wattenwil	2,828	14.54
	Zwieselberg	309	2.45
	Total	106,238	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]

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. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
2. Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB, online database – Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit (German) accessed 31 August 2015
3. Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz (German) accessed 13 December 2014

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

1. "Karte der Verwaltungskreise und Verwaltungsregionen" (PDF) (PDF) (in German). Thun, Berne: Justiz-, Gemeinde- und Kirchendirektion, Canton of Berne. 1 January 2015. Retrieved 2015-10-14.
2. "Regierungsstatthalterämter" (in German). Thun, Berne: Justiz-, Gemeinde- und Kirchendirektion, Canton of Berne. Retrieved 2015-10-14.