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Ried-Brig
Ried-Brig is a municipality in the district of Brig in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. History Ried-Brig is first mentioned in 1232 as ''Riet''. In 1428 it was mentioned as ''ried de briga''. Until 1993 it was officially known as ''Ried bei Brig''. Geography Ried-Brig has an area, , of . Of this area, 19.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 30.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and 47.6% is unproductive land. The municipality is located in the Brig district, above Brig and on the Simplon Pass road. Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is ''Argent, issuant from Coupeaux Vert three Pine-trees Vert trunked proper.'' Demographics Ried-Brig has a population () of . , 6.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ried-Brig (Wallis)c
Ried-Brig is a municipality in the district of Brig in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. History Ried-Brig is first mentioned in 1232 as ''Riet''. In 1428 it was mentioned as ''ried de briga''. Until 1993 it was officially known as ''Ried bei Brig''. Geography Ried-Brig has an area, , of . Of this area, 19.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 30.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and 47.6% is unproductive land. The municipality is located in the Brig district, above Brig and on the Simplon Pass road. Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is ''Argent, issuant from Coupeaux Vert three Pine-trees Vert trunked proper.'' Demographics Ried-Brig has a population () of . , 6.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ried-Brig (Wallis)
Ried-Brig is a municipality in the district of Brig in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. History Ried-Brig is first mentioned in 1232 as ''Riet''. In 1428 it was mentioned as ''ried de briga''. Until 1993 it was officially known as ''Ried bei Brig''. Geography Ried-Brig has an area, , of . Of this area, 19.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 30.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and 47.6% is unproductive land. The municipality is located in the Brig district, above Brig and on the Simplon Pass road. Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is ''Argent, issuant from Coupeaux Vert three Pine-trees Vert trunked proper.'' Demographics Ried-Brig has a population () of . , 6.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brig (district)
The district of Brig is a district in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. It has a population of (as of ). Municipalities It includes the following municipalities: Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is ''Or, an Eagle with dragon's tail displayed Sable, crowned, beaked, langued, membered and tailed Gules.'' Demographics Brig has a population () of . Most of the population () speaks German (21,176 or 91.9%) as their first language, Italian is the second most common (434 or 1.9%) and French is the third (316 or 1.4%). There are 17 people who speak Romansh. , the gender distribution of the population was 48.5% male and 51.5% female. The population was made up of 10,437 Swiss men (42.6% of the population) and 1,449 (5.9%) non-Swiss men. There were 11,126 Swiss women (45.4%) and 1,512 (6.2%) non-Swiss women. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brig, Switzerland
, neighboring_municipalities= Lalden, Mund, Naters, Ried-Brig, Simplon, Termen, Visp, Visperterminen , twintowns = Langenthal (Switzerland), Domodossola (Italy) Brig, officially Brig-Glis (french: Brigue-Glis; it, Briga-Glis), is a historic town and municipality in the district of Brig in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. The current municipality was formed in 1972 through the merger of Brig (city), Brigerbad and Glis.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 19 July 2011 Together with other Alpine towns, Brig-Glis engages in the |
Brig-Glis
Brig, officially Brig-Glis (french: Brigue-Glis; it, Briga-Glis), is a List of towns in Switzerland, historic town and Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Brig (district), Brig in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. The current municipality was formed in 1972 through the merger of Brig (city), Brigerbad and Glis.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 19 July 2011 Together with other Alpine towns, Brig-Glis engages in the Alpine Town of the Year Association for the implementation of the Alpine Convention to achieve sustainable development in the Alpine Arc. Brig-Glis was awarded Alpine Town of the Year 2008. The official language of Brig is (the Swiss variety of Standard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grengiols
Grengiols is a municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. History Grengiols is first mentioned in 1052 as ''Graneirolis''. In 1228 it was mentioned as ''Griniruel'' and in 1297 as ''Graniols''. The name probably comes from the Latin word ''graneirolas'' meaning a small granary. Geography Grengiols has an area, , of . Of this area, 21.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 25.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and 52.4% is unproductive land. The municipality is located in the Östlich Raron district, on the southern slopes of the Rhone valley near the entrance to the Goms valley. It consists of the village of Grengiols with scattered settlements including; Hockmatte, Ze Hyschere, Bächerhyschere and others, on the road leading into the Goms valley and then over the Albrun Pass. Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is ''Gules, two Keys Or in saltire in chief a papal Crown o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simplon, Valais
Simplon ( wae, Simpilu; it, Sempione; french: Simplon), earlier known as Simpeln, is a municipality in the district of Brig in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. History The area was part of Italy since the Roman Empire, but it was colonized by the Germans after 1000 AD, so the Bishop of Sion bought it from the counts of Novara in 1291. Simplon is first mentioned in 1267 as ''Simpilion''. In 1285 it was mentioned as ''Xeinplon''. Geography Simplon has an area, , of . Of this area, 21.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 12.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.0% is settled (buildings or roads) and 65.2% is unproductive land. The municipality is located in the Brig district, on the south side of the Simplon Pass near the Italian border. It consists of the village of Simplon and the hamlets of Gabi, Egga and Maschihüs as well as the ''Hospiz'' (Hospice) in the Simplon Pass. Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is ''Argent, a bicephalous Eagl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Termen
Termen is a municipality in the district of Brig in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. History Termen is first mentioned in 1201 as ''Terman''. Geography Termen has an area, , of . Of this area, 42.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 27.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 3.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and 27.4% is unproductive land. The municipality is located on a high plateau to the east of Brig. It consists of the village of Termen, the hamlets of Hasel and z'Matt and the ski resort of Rosswald. Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is ''Argent, two Swords Sable in saltire.'' Demographics Termen has a population () of . , 6.8% of the population are resident foreign nationals.Swiss Federal S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varzo
Varzo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Verbania, on the border with Switzerland. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,209 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat. Varzo borders the following municipalities: Baceno, Bognanco, Crevoladossola, Crodo, Grengiols (Switzerland), Ried-Brig (Switzerland), Trasquera, Zwischbergen Zwischbergen is a municipality in the district of Brig in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. History Gondo The village of Gondo, which is part of Zwischbergen, is located at the southern foot of the Simplon Pass on the Italian border. Alth ... (Switzerland). Varzo is also known because of the Alpe Veglia Natural Park. References External links www.comune.varzo.vb.it/Alpe Veglia Natural Park • Chiesa di Varzo http://valdivedro.it/cultura/chiesa-parrocchiale-var ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zwischbergen
Zwischbergen is a municipality in the district of Brig in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. History Gondo The village of Gondo, which is part of Zwischbergen, is located at the southern foot of the Simplon Pass on the Italian border. Although the majority language has been German for a long time, the population is partly of Italian descent. Gondo belonged to the dominion of Novara, until Boniface de Challant, the Bishop of Sion, bought the rights to the village in 1291 from Count de Castello. However, the parish of Gondo first belonged to the diocese of Sion in 1822. For much of the history of the village a school was held in the rectory, but in 1958 a schoolhouse was built. A new church was built in 1495 in the village. Disagreements over appointing the administrators of the new church in the middle of the 15th Century led to the creation of a municipal corporation and municipal statutes. Some of the families in Simplon and Gondo became wealthy through freight trans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berisal
Berisal is a town in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. The town is part of the municipality of Ried-Brig and lies on the auto route E62 between the city of Brig-Glis to the northwest and the town of Rothwald to the southwest. Notable residents *Anton Anderledy, (1819-1892), born in Berisal, Superior General of the Jesuits The Society of Jesus ( la, Societas Iesu; abbreviation: SJ), also known as the Jesuits (; la, Iesuitæ), is a religious order (Catholic), religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in Rom ... References Villages in Valais {{Valais-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Democratic People's Party Of Switzerland
The Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland (german: Christlichdemokratische Volkspartei der Schweiz, CVP), also called the Christian Democratic Party (french: Parti démocrate-chrétien, PDC), Democratic People's Party ( it, Partito Popolare Democratico, PPD) and Swiss Christian Democratic Party ( rm, ), PCD), was a Christian-democratic political party in Switzerland. On 1 January 2021, it merged with the Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland (BDP/PBD) to form The Centre, which now operates at the federal level. The Christian Democratic People's Party will continue to exist at the cantonal level as individual local and regional parties determine their status. Its 28 parliamentary seats in the National Council and 13 parliamentary seats in the Council of States were transferred to the new party, as was its sole executive seat on the Federal Council, held by Viola Amherd. The party was founded as the Catholic Conservative Party in 1912. It peaked in the 1950 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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