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In 1264 Thun received town rights and in 1384 the town was bought by the canton of Bern. Thun was the capital of the Canton of Oberland of the Helvetic Republic , which lasted from 1798 until 1803. In 1819 a Military School was founded in the town, which later developed into the main military school in Switzerland.
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Thun District in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland was created on 1 January 2010. [1] It is part of the Oberland administrative region. It contains 31 municipalities with an area of 321.90 km 2 (124.29 sq mi) and a population (as of December 2008 [update] ) of 103,233.
There were 999 or 45.8% who were born in the same canton, while 423 or 19.4% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 268 or 12.3% were born outside of Switzerland. [ 10 ] As of 2012 [update] , children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 16.3% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 55.1% and seniors (over 64 years ...
Main menu. Main menu. move to sidebar hide. ... There are 335 municipalities in the canton of Bern, Switzerland (as of January 2024 ... Thun; Thunstetten; Thurnen ...
They sold it to Bern in 1607 and the village became part of the Bernese Thun District. In 1841 the village sold a large Allmend or common field (about 23% of the total land area) to the Swiss Army for a training ground for the barracks at Thun. [3] In the 1960s commuters began to move into the village to escape the growing city of Thun.
The canton of Bern is mainly drained by the river Aare and its tributaries. The area of the canton is commonly divided into six regions. [22] The most populated area is the Bernese Mittelland on the plateau north of the Alps, with the capital city of Bern. The northmost part of the canton is the Bernese Jura bordering the Canton of Jura.
Uetendorf is a municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Uetendorf is close to the city of Thun, and connected to traffic through the A6 motorway and the BLS AG's Thun-Belp-Bern railway line. Due to its favourable geographic situation, it is home to several small to medium-sized industry companies ...