Thun District

District in Switzerland

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:

References

1. Swiss Federal Statistical Office Archived 2011-09-04 at the Wayback Machine accessed 16-Jul-2009
2. Forst-Längenbühl website-Numbers and facts Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 16 July 2009

46°45′00″N 7°37′00″E / 46.75°N 7.61667°E / 46.75; 7.61667