Mund
Mund is a former municipality in the district of Brig in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Mund and Birgisch merged into the municipality of Naters.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 544 residents
- Description: village and former municipality in Naters in the canton of Valais, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Mund VS”
- Postal code: 3903
Places of Interest
Highlights include St. Jakob church and Brig railway station.
Brig railway station
Railway station
Brig railway station is an important railway junction in the municipality of Brig-Glis, in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland. Opened in 1878, it is adjacent to the northern portal of the Simplon Tunnel and is served by two standard gauge lines. Brig railway station is situated 3½ km east of Mund.
Gärsthorn
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Gärsthorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking Mund in the canton of Valais. The main summit has an elevation of 2,964 metres, while the southern summit has an elevation of 2,927 metres. Gärsthorn is situated 3½ km northwest of Mund.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Birgisch and Brig.
Birgisch
Village
Photo: Maurice Perry, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Birgisch is a former municipality in the district of Brig in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Birgisch and Mund merged into the municipality of Naters.
Brig
Photo: JoachimKohlerBremen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Brig, officially Brig-Glis, is a municipality of 13,000 people in Valais in Switzerland. The municipality is made up of two neighbouring towns, Brig and Glis, with a third independent town Naters across the Rhone river to the north.
Brigerbad
Village
Photo: Brigerbad, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Brigerbad is a village, which is situated 2½ km southwest of Mund.
Mund
- Categories: former municipality of Switzerland, neighborhood, statistical territorial entity, and locality
- Location: Naters, Brig District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.31529° or 46° 18′ 55″ northLongitude
7.9411° or 7° 56′ 28″ eastPopulation
544Elevation
1,205 metres (3,953 feet)Open location code
8FR98W8R+4COpenStreetMap ID
node 240091174OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2659549Wikidata ID
Q68024
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Mund” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Mund”
- Arpitan: “Mont (Valês)”
- Arpitan: “Mont”
- Catalan: “Mund”
- Cebuano: “Mund”
- Chinese: “蒙德”
- Dutch: “Mund”
- Egyptian Arabic: “موند”
- French: “Mund VS”
- French: “Mund”
- German: “Mund VS”
- German: “Mund”
- Hungarian: “Mund”
- Irish: “Mund”
- Italian: “Mund”
- Lombard: “Mund”
- Malay: “Mund”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mund”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Mund”
- Piemontese: “Mund”
- Portuguese: “Mund”
- Romansh: “Mund”
- Spanish: “Mund”
- Swedish: “Mund”
- Turkish: “Mund”
- Upper Sorbian: “Mund”
- Volapük: “Mund”
- Waray (Philippines): “Mund”
- Welsh: “Mund”
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Notable Places Nearby
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