Mund

Mund is a former municipality in the district of Brig in the canton of in . On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Mund and merged into the municipality of .
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  • 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.

Church
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY 3.0.

Railway station
Photo: GPSLeo, CC0.
is an important railway junction in the municipality of , in the Canton of , . Opened in 1878, it is adjacent to the northern portal of the and is served by two standard gauge lines. is situated 3½ km east of Mund.

Peak
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The is a mountain of the , overlooking Mund in the canton of . The main summit has an elevation of 2,964 metres, while the southern summit has an elevation of 2,927 metres. is situated 3½ km northwest of Mund.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Birgisch and Brig.

Village
Photo: Maurice Perry, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a former municipality in the district of Brig in the canton of in . On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of and Mund merged into the municipality of .

Photo: JoachimKohler-HB, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, officially Brig-Glis, is a municipality of 13,000 people in in . The municipality is made up of two neighbouring towns, and Glis, with a third independent town Naters across the Rhone river to the north.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 2½ km southwest of Mund.

Mund

Latitude
46.31529° or 46° 18′ 55″ north
Longitude
7.9411° or 7° 56′ 28″ east
Population
544
Elevation
1,205 metres (3,953 feet)
Open location code
8FR98W8R+4C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240091174
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2659549
Wiki­data 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”
  • Urdu: “موند”
  • Volapük: “Mund”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Mund”
  • Welsh: “Mund”

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