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Thun
Thun in 2012
Thun in 2012
Coat of arms of Thun
Coat of arms
Thun is located in Switzerland
Thun
Thun
Location in Switzerland
Thun is located in Canton of Bern
Thun
Thun
Location in Canton of Bern
Country Switzerland
Canton Bern
District Thun
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 2020 )
 • Total 43,476
 • Density 2,015.6/km2 (5,220.3/sq mi)
Demonym(s) German: Thuner(in)
Postal code
3600-3645
Surrounded by Amsoldingen, Heiligenschwendi, Heimberg, Hilterfingen, Homberg, Schwendibach, Spiez, Steffisburg, Thierachern, Uetendorf, Zwieselberg

Thun (French: Thoune) is a city of the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Berne 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

  • 4197 - Thun - Schloss Thun over Rathausplatz

    Castle Thun over City Hall Square

  • Thunersee

    Lake Thun

Images for kids

  • Thun Blickrichtung Burg 1900

    Photochrome of the Aare and Thun Castle from 1900

  • 2011-07-23 Lago de Thun (Foto Dietrich Michael Weidmann) 456

    Low rise apartments in Thun

  • Kirche Scherzligen, Seeseite

    The historic Scherzligen Church in Thun

  • 2011-07-23 Lago de Thun (Foto Dietrich Michael Weidmann) 457

    Thun railway station

  • HFThun Aussenaufnahme

    The Hotelfachschule (Hotel management school) in Thun

  • Arena.thun.night

    The Thun Arena at night

  • Portret Eduard Rubin

    Kolonel Eduard Alexander Rubin, 1920

  • Simona de Silvestro 2010 Indy 500 OWAS

    Simona de Silvestro, 2010

  • Thun with birds

    Thun with birds

  • Swiss Steamboat Bluemlisalp lake Thun

    Steamship Blüemlisalp

  • Thun Rathaus

    Town council house

  • RFP9039

    Thun Castle

  • Thun, Shadau Castle, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland-LCCN2001701261

    The Castle of Schadau in an early 20th-century image

  • Thunersee, Eiger, Mönch und Jungfrau

    Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau

  • Thun Landsitz Bellerive Parkseite

    Landsitz Bellerive

See also

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