Birgisch

Birgisch is a former municipality in the district of Brig in the canton of in . On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Birgisch and merged into the municipality of .
  • Type: Village with 253 residents
  • Description: former municipality of Switzerland in Valais
  • Postal code: 3903

Places of Interest

Highlights: Brig railway station and St. Jakob church.

Railway station
Photo: GPSLeo, CC0.
is an important railway junction… is situated 2½ km east of Birgisch.

Railway station
Photo: Photnart, Public domain.
is a railway station…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brig and Mund.

, officially Brig-Glis, is a municipality of 13,000 people in in .

Village
Photo: Hadi, CC0.
is a former municipality in the district of Brig in the canton of in .

Village
is a village.

Birgisch

Latitude
46.31706° or 46° 19′ 1″ north
Longitude
7.95618° or 7° 57′ 22″ east
Population
253
Elevation
1,142 metres (3,747 feet)
Open location code
8FR98X84+RF
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Open­Street­Map feature
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Birgisch” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Birgisch”
  • Arpitan: “Birgisch”
  • Arpitan: “Burguise”
  • Bulgarian: “Биргисч”
  • Catalan: “Birgisch”
  • Cebuano: “Birgisch”
  • Chinese: “比爾吉施”
  • Dutch: “Birgisch”
  • French: “Birgisch”
  • Galician: “Birgisch”
  • German: “Birgisch”
  • Hungarian: “Birgisch”
  • Irish: “Birgisch”
  • Italian: “Birgisch”
  • Lombard: “Birgisch”
  • Malay: “Birgisch”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Birgisch”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Birgisch”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Birgisch”
  • Piemontese: “Birgisch”
  • Portuguese: “Birgisch”
  • Romansh: “Birgisch”
  • Spanish: “Birgisch”
  • Swedish: “Birgisch”
  • Turkish: “Birgisch”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Birgisch”
  • Volapük: “Birgisch”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Birgisch”
  • Welsh: “Birgisch”
  • “Birgisch”

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Places to explore: Schlüocht and Dichtuhüs.

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Highlights: Mund Gredetsch and Steihow.

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