Brig-Glis

E95963

municipality town

Brig-Glis is a Swiss town in the canton of Valais, known as a regional transport hub near the Simplon Pass and an important gateway to the Alps.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	municipality → town →
cantonCapitalProximity	Sion →
climate	continental alpine climate →
coordinateLocation	46.3167° N, 7.9833° E →
country	Switzerland →
crossesBorderTo	Italy via Simplon Pass →
economicActivity	services → tourism → transport and logistics →
elevation	approximately 691 metres above sea level →
formedByMergerOf	Brig → Brigerbad → Glis →
function	gateway to the Alps → regional transport hub →
hasEducationalInstitution	Spiritus Sanctus College Brig →
hasLandmark	Collegiate Church of Brig → Old Town of Brig → Stockalper Palace →
hasRailwayStation	Brig railway station →
isPartOf	Swiss Plateau and Alpine region →
isSeatOf	district of Brig administration →
localDialect	Walser German →
locatedIn	Alps NERFINISHED → Upper Valais NERFINISHED → canton of Valais NERFINISHED → district of Brig →
locatedNear	Simplon Pass →
locatedOnRiver	Rhône NERFINISHED →
mergerEffectiveDate	1973 →
municipalityCode	6002 →
nearRiver	Saltina →
officialLanguage	German →
population	approximately 13,000 inhabitants →
postalCode	3900 →
railConnections	Lötschberg railway line → Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn → Simplon railway line →
region	Valais Alps NERFINISHED →
religiousMajority	Roman Catholic NERFINISHED →
roadConnections	Simplon Pass road →
timeZone	Central European Time →
timeZoneDST	Central European Summer Time →
touristAttraction	access to Aletsch region → historic town centre →
twinTown	Domodossola →
vehicleRegistrationCode	VS →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Canton of Valais →	contains
Valais →	hasMajorCity