Thun
town and municipality in the canton of Bern in Switzerland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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 Thun in 2012 | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Thun  | |
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| Coordinates: 46°46′N 7°38′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 (31 December 2018)[2] | |
| • Total | 43,734 |
| • 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 | 0942 |
| 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.
Thun
Castle Thun over City Hall Square
Lake Thun
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