Thun
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Thun  | |
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| Coordinates: 46°46′N 7°38′E / 46.767°N 7.633°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Bern |
| District | Thun |
| Government | |
| • Executive | Gemeinderat with 5 members |
| • Mayor | Stadtpräsident (list) Raphael Lanz SVP/UDC (as of February 2014) |
| • Parliament | Stadtrat with 40 members |
| Area | |
| • Total | 21.60 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 | |
| • Total | 43,723 |
| • Density | 2,000/km2 (5,200/sq mi) |
| Demonym | German: Thuner(in) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 3600-3645 |
| SFOS number | 942 |
| Surrounded by | Amsoldingen, Heiligenschwendi, Heimberg, Hilterfingen, Homberg, Schwendibach, Spiez, Steffisburg, Thierachern, Uetendorf, Zwieselberg |
| Website | www 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
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Thun
Castle Thun over City Hall Square
Lake Thun
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References
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- ↑ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ↑ . Federal Statistical Office https://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/pxweb/de/. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
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Other websites
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Media related to Thun at Wikimedia Commons
- Official Website of the city of Thun (in German)
- Thun in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
