Thun
Thun (French: [Thoune] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) 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.
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Location of Thun
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| Coordinates: 46°46′N 7°38′E / 46.767°N 7.633°ECoordinates: 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 | 21.57 km2 (8.33 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 (Dec 2012) | |
| • Total | 42,735 |
| • Density | 1,981.2/km2 (5,131.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 3600-3645 |
| Surrounded by | Amsoldingen, Heiligenschwendi, Heimberg, Hilterfingen, Homberg, Schwendibach, Spiez, Steffisburg, Thierachern, Uetendorf, Zwieselberg |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
It is located where the Aare flows out of Lake Thun (Thunersee), 30 km (19 mi) south of Berne.
Gallery
Thun
Castle Thun over City Hall Square
Lake Thun
Thun Media
- HMB Bronzeaxt goldverziert Bronzezeit 1800 BC.jpg
Thun-Renzenbühl axe, 1800 BC
- Thun in der Topographia Helvetiæ, Rhætiæ et Valesiæ.png
Thun in the "Topographia Helvetiæ, Rhætiæ et Valesiæ" by Matthäus Merian the Elder, 1654
- Thun Blickrichtung Burg 1900.jpg
Photochrome of the Aare and Thun Castle from 1900
- ETH-BIB-Thun v. S. aus 300 m-Inlandflüge-LBS MH01-001182.tif
Aerial view by Walter Mittelholzer (1919)
- 2011-07-23 Lago de Thun (Foto Dietrich Michael Weidmann) 456.JPG
Low rise apartments in Thun
- 2011-07-23 Lago de Thun (Foto Dietrich Michael Weidmann) 468.JPG
Historic and modern buildings in Thun
- Thun, picturesque townscape..jpg
Historic Thun
- Kirche Scherzligen, Seeseite.jpg
The historic Scherzligen Church in Thun
- 2011-07-23 Lago de Thun (Foto Dietrich Michael Weidmann) 457.JPG
Train station of Thun, canton of Bern, Switzerland
References
Other websites
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.
