Breil/Brigels

Also known as Breil/Brigels GR

Breil/Brigels is a municipality in the Surselva Region in the Swiss canton of the Grisons. On 1 January 2018 the former municipalities of Andiast and Waltensburg/Vuorz merged into the municipality of Breil/Brigels.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name: Breil/Brigels
Swiss town.image_photo: Brigels Casa Mirella.JPG
Swiss town.image_caption: Casa Mirella in Breil/Brigels
Swiss town.municipality_type: municipality
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: CHE Breil Brigels COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag: CHE Breil Brigels Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton: Grisons
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-GR
Swiss town.district: Surselva
Swiss town.postal_code: 7165
Swiss town.municipality_code: 3981
Swiss town.area: 50.64
Swiss town.elevation: 1280
Swiss town.website: www.breil.ch
Swiss town.mayor: Richard Caduff
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities: Linthal (GL), Obersaxen, Schlans, Trun, Waltensburg/Vuorz
Swiss town.twintowns: Gammelshausen (Germany)

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Breil/Brigels
Population: 1757
Area: 50.64
Elevation: 2189
Official website: www.breil.ch
Image: Alp Dado Sura boven Breil-Brigels. (actm) 37.jpg
Dialing code: 081
Licence plate code: GR

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Commons category: Breil/Brigels
postal code: 7165
external data available at URL: geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/3981

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History
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Demographics
Language
Religion
Heritage sites of national significance
Transportation
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The name of the municipality comes from the word brigilo, meaning 'little town'. The name comes from the village name in the two local languages. In Romansh the name is while in German it is .