Thun District is one of the 26

administrative districts Administrative divisions (also administrative units, administrative regions, subnational entities, or constituent states, as well as many similar generic terms) are geographical areas into which a particular independent sovereign state is divi ...

in the

canton of Bern The canton of Bern, or Berne (; ; ; ), is one of the Canton of Switzerland, 26 cantons forming the Switzerland, Swiss Confederation. Its capital city, Bern, is also the ''de facto'' capital of Switzerland. The bear is the heraldic symbol of the c ...

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. Its capital is the municipality of

Thun Thun () is a List of towns in Switzerland, town and a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the administrative district of Thun (administrative district), Thun in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Canton of Bern, Bern in Switzerland. ...

. On 1 January 2010, the district's administrative functions were transferred to the newly established and enlarged

Thun (administrative district) Thun District in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and ...

, though Thun itself remained the administrative centre. Since 2010, it has continued to be a fully recognized district under the law and Constitution (Art.3 al.2) of the Canton of Berne. The district covers an area of 285 km² and comprises 27

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Former districts of the canton of Bern {{Berne-geo-stub