Brixen

Brixen is a town in . Brixen is especially known for its skiing, with a major ski resort, the Plose, and those of Valles and Maranza. In addition to ski tourism, during the winter season Bressanone is also known for sledging, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing that can be done in its municipal territory.
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  • Type: Town with 23,000 residents
  • Description: commune in South Tyrol, Italy
  • Also known as: Bressanone”, “Brixen - Bressanone”, and “Persenon
Photo: Laura1010, Public domain.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bressanone/Brixen railway station and Cathedral of Brixen.

Railway station

Church
The is a cathedral in the city of Brixen, , Italy. It is dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and to Cassian of Imola.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St. Andrä and Sarns.

Village
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Brixen

Latitude
46.7164° or 46° 42′ 59″ north
Longitude
11.6578° or 11° 39′ 28″ east
Population
23,000
Elevation
559 metres (1,834 feet)
United Nations Location Codes
IT BXN and IT BZ2
Open location code
8FRHPM85+H4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 64777005
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3181550
Wiki­data ID
Q185541
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Brixen” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: بريسانوني
  • Arabic: بريكسن
  • Aragonese: Brixen
  • Armenian: Բրիքսեն
  • Azerbaijani: Bressanone
  • Azerbaijani: Brixen
  • Bashkir: Брессаноне
  • Basque: Brixen
  • Bavarian: Bressanone
  • Bavarian: Brixn
  • Bavarian: Prixn
  • Belarusian: Брэсанонэ
  • Breton: Brixen
  • Bulgarian: Бресаноне
  • Catalan: Bressanone
  • Catalan: Brixen
  • Catalan: Persenon
  • Cebuano: Bressanone - Brixen
  • Chechen: Брессаноне
  • Chinese: 布雷萨诺内
  • Chinese: 布雷薩諾內
  • Croatian: Brixen
  • Czech: Bressanone
  • Czech: Brixen
  • Danish: Bressanone
  • Danish: Brixen
  • Dutch: Bressanone
  • Dutch: Brixen
  • Dutch: Porsenù
  • Egyptian Arabic: بريكسن
  • Esperanto: Bressanone
  • Esperanto: Brixen
  • Esperanto: Persenon
  • Estonian: Brixen
  • Finnish: Bressanone
  • Finnish: Brixen
  • French: Bressanone
  • French: Brixen
  • French: Persenon
  • Georgian: ბრესანონე
  • German: Bressanone
  • German: Brixen am Eisack
  • German: Brixen in Südtirol
  • German: Brixen
  • German: Brixina
  • German: Persenon
  • German: Porsenu
  • German: Porsenú
  • German: Porsenù
  • Greek: Μπρεσσανόνε
  • Greek: Μπρίξεν
  • Hebrew: ברסנונה
  • Hungarian: Bressanone
  • Indonesian: Brixen
  • Interlingua: Bressanone
  • Irish: Brixen
  • Italian: Bressanone
  • Italian: Brixen
  • Italian: Persenon
  • Japanese: ブリクセン
  • Japanese: ブレッサノーネ
  • Kazakh: Bressanone
  • Kazakh: Брессаноне
  • Kazakh: برەسسانونە
  • Korean: 브레사노네
  • Korean: 브릭센
  • Kurdish: Bressanone
  • Kurdish: Brixen
  • Ladin: Bressanone
  • Ladin: Brixen
  • Ladin: Persenon
  • Ladin: Porsenú
  • Ladin: Porsenù
  • Ladino: Bressanone
  • Latin: Brixino
  • Latvian: Bresanone
  • Latvian: Briksena
  • Latvian: Briksene
  • Lithuanian: Bresanonė
  • Lombard: Barsenun
  • Lombard: Bressanone
  • Luxembourgish: Bressanone
  • Luxembourgish: Brixen
  • Macedonian: Бриксен
  • Malay: Brixen
  • Maltese: Bressanone
  • Maltese: Brixen
  • Moksha: Брэссанонэ
  • Neapolitan: Bressanone
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Bressanone
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Brixen
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Brixen
  • Norwegian: Brixen
  • Occitan (post 1500): Bressanone
  • Persian: بریکسن
  • Piemontese: Bressanone
  • Piemontese: Brixen
  • Polish: Bressanon
  • Polish: Bressanone
  • Polish: Brixen
  • Portuguese: Bressanone
  • Portuguese: Brixen
  • Portuguese: Persenon
  • Romanian: Bressanone
  • Romanian: Brixen
  • Russian: Брессаноне
  • Russian: Бриксен
  • Scots: Brixen
  • Serbian: Bresanone
  • Serbian: Bressanone
  • Serbian: Бресаноне
  • Serbo-Croatian: Bressanone
  • Sicilian: Bressanone
  • Silesian: Bressanone
  • Slovak: Brixen
  • Slovenian: Bressanone
  • South Azerbaijani: بریکسن
  • Spanish: Bresanona
  • Spanish: Brixen am Eisack
  • Spanish: Brixen Bressanone
  • Spanish: Brixen-Bressanone
  • Spanish: Brixen
  • Spanish: Persenon
  • Swahili: Bressanone
  • Swedish: Bressanone
  • Swedish: Brixen
  • Swedish: Brixina
  • Tagalog: Bresanona
  • Tagalog: Bressanone
  • Tatar: Брессаноне
  • Turkish: Bressanone
  • Turkish: Brixen
  • Ukrainian: Бресаноне
  • Ukrainian: Брессаноне
  • Upper Sorbian: Brixen
  • Venetian: Bressanone
  • Vietnamese: Brixen
  • Volapük: Bressanone
  • Waray (Philippines): Brixen
  • Welsh: Brixen
  • Wu Chinese: 布雷萨诺内
  • Bressanone

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