Glis

Glis is a village in , . Glis is situated nearby to the neighborhood , as well as near the town .
Photo: Gestumblindi, CC BY 3.0.
  • Type: Village
  • Description: formerly independent political municipality of the district of Brig in the canton of Valais, Switzerland
  • Postal code: 3902

Places of Interest

Highlights include Brig railway station and Brig Bahnhofplatz railway station.

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.

Railway station
Photo: Photnart, Public domain.
is a railway station in the municipality of , in the canton of Valais. It is the meeting point of two 1,000 mm metre gauge railway lines of the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn, the BVZ Zermatt-Bahn and the Furka Oberalp Railway.

Church
Photo: Xenos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brig and Naters.

Town
Photo: Espandero, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, known as Brigue in French and Briga in Italian, is a town and former municipality in the . It is part of the municipality of .

Village
Photo: Summi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a municipality in the district of Brig in the canton of in . On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of and merged into the municipality of , which also includes the villages of Hegdorn, Geimen, Mehlbaum, Rischinen and Blatten bei .

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 merged into the municipality of .

Glis

Latitude
46.31048° or 46° 18′ 38″ north
Longitude
7.97931° or 7° 58′ 46″ east
Elevation
673 metres (2,208 feet)
Open location code
8FR98X6H+5P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240110232
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2660580
Wiki­data ID
Q1531492
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Satellite Map

Discover Glis from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Turkish—“Glis” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “格利斯”
  • Chinese: “格里斯”
  • Dutch: “Glis”
  • Finnish: “Glis”
  • French: “Glis”
  • German: “Glis”
  • Irish: “Glis”
  • Italian: “Glis”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Glis”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Glis”
  • Russian: “Глис”
  • Spanish: “Glis”
  • Swiss German: “Glis”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Glis”
  • Turkish: “Glis”

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