Eastern Switzerland
Glarus
Glarus Nord

Niederurnen

Niederurnen is a former municipality in the canton of Glarus in . Effective from 1 January 2011, Niederurnen is part of the municipality of .
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  • Type: Village with 3,930 residents
  • Description: village in the municipality Glarus Nord, Switzerland
  • Postal code: 8867

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nieder- and Oberurnen railway station and Ziegelbrücke railway station.

Railway station
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is a railway station in the in the . It is an intermediate stop on the Ziegelbrücke–Linthal line of Swiss Federal Railways, and serves the twin villages of Niederurnen and .

Railway station
Photo: Alexey M., CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a junction station in the village of in . Whilst the village is shared between the , in the , and the , in the , the station is located in the Gemarkung of Schänis, where it is the larger of two railway stations.

Peak
Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a peak.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ziegelbrücke and Oberurnen.

Village
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is a village situated on both sides of the Channel in . is shared by the municipalities of Niederurnen in the canton of Glarus and in the , with the Linth forming the boundary between these municipalities.

Village
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is a former municipality in the in . Effective from 1 January 2011, is part of the municipality of .

Village
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is a former municipality in the in . Effective from 1 January 2011, is part of the municipality of . is situated 3 km south of Niederurnen.

Niederurnen

Latitude
47.12562° or 47° 7′ 32″ north
Longitude
9.05358° or 9° 3′ 13″ east
Population
3,930
Elevation
432 metres (1,417 feet)
United Nations Location Code
CH NUN
Open location code
8FVF43G3+6C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 30730765
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2659451
Wiki­data ID
Q659838
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Waray—“Niederurnen” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Ниедерурнен”
  • Catalan: “Niederurnen”
  • Cebuano: “Niederurnen”
  • Chinese: “Niederurnen”
  • Chuvash: “Нидерурнен”
  • Dutch: “Niederurnen”
  • Esperanto: “Niederurnen”
  • Esperanto: “Ziegelbrücke”
  • French: “Niederurnen”
  • French: “Ziegelbrücke”
  • German: “Niederurnen”
  • Inari Sami: “Niederurnen”
  • Irish: “Niederurnen”
  • Italian: “Niederurnen”
  • Kazakh: “Nïderwrnen”
  • Kazakh: “Нидерурнен”
  • Kazakh: “نىيدەرۋرنەن”
  • Lombard: “Niederurnen”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Niederurnen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Niederurnen”
  • Piemontese: “Niederurnen”
  • Polish: “Niederurnen”
  • Portuguese: “Niederurnen”
  • Russian: “Нидерурнен”
  • Spanish: “Niederurnen”
  • Swedish: “Niederurnen”
  • Swiss German: “Niderurnä”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Niederurnen”
  • Turkish: “Niederurnen”
  • Ukrainian: “Нідерурнен”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Niederurnen”
  • Uzbek: “Niderurnen”
  • Uzbek: “Niederurnen”
  • Uzbek: “Нидерурнен”
  • Uzbek: “Ниедерурнен”
  • Volapük: “Niederurnen”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Niederurnen”

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