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Glarus

Glarus

Glarus is in , and has an elevation of 881 metres. Glarus is situated nearby to the village , as well as near .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Vorder Glärnisch and Glarus railway station.

Peak
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The is a mountain of the Schwyzer Alps, overlooking the valley of the in the canton of . It lies north-east of the higher .

Railway station
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a railway station in the in the . It is an intermediate stop on the Ziegelbrücke–Linthal line.

Railway station
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is a railway station in the municipality of in the canton of . It is an intermediate stop on the Weesen to Linthal railway line, and serves the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Glarus and Ennenda.

Town
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is the capital of the in . Since 1 January 2011, the municipality of incorporates the former municipalities of , and .

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 village, and former municipality, in the municipality of and in .

Glarus

Latitude
47.0167° or 47° 1′ 0″ north
Longitude
9.0589° or 9° 3′ 32″ east
Population
12,400
Elevation
881 metres (2,890 feet)
Open location code
8FVF2385+MH
Geo­Names ID
6458747
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Glarus” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Glarus”
  • Arabic: “غلروس”
  • Armenian: “Գլարուս”
  • Asturian: “Glaris”
  • Basque: “Glaris”
  • Belarusian: “Гларус”
  • Breton: “Glarus”
  • Bulgarian: “Гларус”
  • Catalan: “Glarus”
  • Cebuano: “Glarus”
  • Chechen: “Гларус”
  • Chinese: “格拉魯斯”
  • Chuvash: “Гларус”
  • Croatian: “Glarus”
  • Czech: “Glarus”
  • Danish: “Glarus”
  • Dutch: “Glarus”
  • Esperanto: “Glaruso”
  • Estonian: “Glarus”
  • Finnish: “Glarus”
  • French: “Glaris Centre”
  • Georgian: “გლარუსი”
  • German: “Glarus”
  • Greek: “Γκλάρους”
  • Hebrew: “גלרוס”
  • Hungarian: “Glarus”
  • Inari Sami: “Glarus”
  • Indonesian: “Glarus”
  • Interlingua: “Glarus”
  • Interlingue: “Glarus”
  • Irish: “Glarus”
  • Italian: “Glarona”
  • Japanese: “グラールス”
  • Kazakh: “Гларус”
  • Korean: “글라루스”
  • Kurdish: “Glarus”
  • Latin: “Glarona”
  • Latvian: “Glarusa”
  • Lombard: “Glaruna”
  • Macedonian: “Гларус”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Glarus”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Glarus”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Glarus”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Glarona Mejana”
  • Persian: “گلرو”
  • Piemontese: “Glarus”
  • Polish: “Glarus”
  • Portuguese: “Glarona”
  • Pushto: “ګلاروس”
  • Russian: “Гларус”
  • Scots: “Glarus”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Glarus”
  • Serbian: “Гларус”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Glarus”
  • Silesian: “Glarus”
  • Slovak: “Glarus”
  • Slovenian: “Glarus”
  • Spanish: “Glaris”
  • Swedish: “Glarus”
  • Swiss German: “Glaris”
  • Tamil: “கிளாரஸ்”
  • Thai: “กลารุส”
  • Turkish: “Glarus”
  • Ukrainian: “Гларус”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Glarus”
  • Urdu: “گلاروس”
  • Uzbek: “Glarus”
  • Venetian: “Glarona”
  • Vietnamese: “Glarus”
  • Volapük: “Glarus”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Glarus”
  • Welsh: “Glarus”
  • Wu Chinese: “格拉鲁斯”

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