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
	Amsoldingen	795	4.70
	Blumenstein	1,248	15.52
	Buchholterberg	1,523	15.33
	Burgistein	1,113	7.53
	Eriz	491	21.78
	Fahrni	819	6.67
	Forst-Längenbühl	777	4.50
	Gurzelen	859	4.54
	Heiligenschwendi	707	5.55
	Heimberg	6,927	5.42
	Hilterfingen	4,057	2.83
	Homberg	502	6.51
	Horrenbach-Buchen	229	20.43
	Oberhofen am Thunersee	2,425	2.72
	Oberlangenegg	464	9.12
	Stocken-Höfen	1,012	14.22
	Pohlern	247	9.89
	Reutigen	1,000	11.26
	Seftigen	2,161	3.89
	Sigriswil	4,829	55.41
	Steffisburg	15,692	13.35
	Teuffenthal	166	4.52
	Thierachern	2,471	7.51
	Thun	43,632	21.57
	Uebeschi	685	4.40
	Uetendorf	5,843	10.15
	Unterlangenegg	1,008	6.80
	Uttigen	2,129	3.81
	Wachseldorn	233	3.52
	Wattenwil	3,018	14.54
	Zwieselberg	329	2.45
	Total	107,628	321.90

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	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities	31

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