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Brig-Glis

municipality in the district of Brig, Canton of Valais, Switzerland
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Summary

Brig-Glis is a Municipality of Switzerland[1]. Brig-Glis ranks in the top 1% of municipality of switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,449 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Alpine Town of the Year[3]
  • Member of: SGV-ACS[4]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Brig District[5]
  • Country: Switzerland[6]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Rhône[7]
  • Twinned administrative body: Langenthal[8]
  • Postal code: 3900[9]
  • Commons category: Brig-Glis[10]
  • Licence plate code: VS[11]
  • Local dialing code: 027[12]
  • Official website: http://www.brig-glis.ch[13]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Brig-Glis[14]
  • Population: 12,935[15], 13,109[16], 13,056[17]
  • External data available at URL: https://geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/6002[18]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[20]
  • Replaces: Glis[21], Brig[22], Brigerbad[23]
  • Capital of: Brig District[24]
  • Heritage designation: Swiss townscape worthy of protection[25]
  • Official name: Brig-Glis[26]
  • List of monuments: list of cultural properties in Brig-Glis[27]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Brig-Glis[28]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Brig-Glis, Switzerland[29]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Brig-Glis[30]
  • Elevation above sea level: 691 m[31]
  • Area: 38 km²[32], 37.67 km²[33]

Why It Matters

Brig-Glis has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Brig-Glis is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

FAQs

What awards did Brig-Glis receive?

Honors received include Alpine Town of the Year[3].

Related Entities

César Ritz Colleges Gianni Infantino Govdirectory Switzerland Viola Amherd

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . alpenstaedte.org. Retrieved . alpenstaedte.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [4] ↑ . chgemeinden.ch. Retrieved . chgemeinden.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Historicized municipal directory of Switzerland. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Historicized municipal directory of Switzerland. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Historicized municipal directory of Switzerland. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . gisos.bak.admin.ch. Retrieved . gisos.bak.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → A61098
    Flag image → CHE Brig-Glis Flag.svg
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  2. 18w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in or next to body of water → Rhône
    Library of congress authority id → n82019863
    Elevation above sea level → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+691'}
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 46.315916666667, 'lon': 7.9876194444444}
    + 31 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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