Thun

Thun
Municipality
Thun in 2012
Thun in 2012
Coat of arms of Thun
Coat of arms
Location of Thun
Thun is located in Switzerland
Thun
Thun
Thun is located in Canton of Bern
Thun
Thun
Coordinates: 46°46′N 7°38′E / 46.767°N 7.633°E / 46.767; 7.633
CountrySwitzerland
CantonBern
DistrictThun
Government
 • ExecutiveGemeinderat
with 5 members
 • MayorStadtpräsident (list)
Raphael Lanz SVP/UDC
(as of February 2014)
 • ParliamentStadtrat
with 40 members
Area
[1]
 • Total21.60 km2 (8.34 sq mi)
Elevation
(Railway station)
560 m (1,840 ft)
Highest elevation
(Dürrenbergwald)
1,172 m (3,845 ft)
Lowest elevation
(Aare at Lerchenfeld)
552 m (1,811 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2018)[2]
 • Total43,734
 • Density2,000/km2 (5,200/sq mi)
DemonymGerman: Thuner(in)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
3600-3645
SFOS number0942
Surrounded byAmsoldingen, Heiligenschwendi, Heimberg, Hilterfingen, Homberg, Schwendibach, Spiez, Steffisburg, Thierachern, Uetendorf, Zwieselberg
Websitewww.thun.ch
SFSO statistics

Thun (French: Thoune) is a city of the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. The city has about 43,783 inhabitants (around 90,000 in the agglomeration), as of 31 December 2013.

It is located where the Aare flows out of Lake Thun (Thunersee), 30 km (19 mi) south of Berne.

Gallery

  • Thun
    Thun
  • Castle Thun over City Hall Square
    Castle Thun over City Hall Square
  • Lake Thun
    Lake Thun

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
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Other websites

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