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^[update]) of 103,233.

Coat of arms	Name	Population (31 December 2020)[2]	Area in km²
	Amsoldingen	800	4.70
	Blumenstein	1,236	15.52
	Buchholterberg	1,519	15.33
	Burgistein	1,093	7.53
	Eriz	485	21.78
	Fahrni	811	6.67
	Forst-Längenbühl	769	4.50
	Gurzelen	884	4.54
	Heiligenschwendi	725	5.55
	Heimberg	6,968	5.42
	Hilterfingen	4,094	2.83
	Homberg	510	6.51
	Horrenbach-Buchen	226	20.43
	Oberhofen am Thunersee	2,445	2.72
	Oberlangenegg	483	9.12
	Stocken-Höfen	1,041	14.22
	Pohlern	232	9.89
	Reutigen	1,023	13.71
	Seftigen	2,147	3.89
	Sigriswil	4,847	55.41
	Steffisburg	15,991	13.35
	Teuffenthal	160	4.52
	Thierachern	2,514	7.51
	Thun	43,476	21.57
	Uebeschi	718	4.40
	Uetendorf	5,830	10.15
	Unterlangenegg	1,018	6.80
	Uttigen	2,153	3.81
	Wachseldorn	229	3.52
	Wattenwil	3,060	14.54
	Total	107,809	321.90

Thun District Verwaltungskreis Thun
District
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Bern
Capital	Thun
Area
• Total	322 km2 (124 sq mi)
Population  (2008)
• Total	103,233
• Density	320/km2 (830/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities	30

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.
• On 1 January 2024 the former municipality of Zwieselberg merged into the municipality of Reutigen.