Breil/Brigels
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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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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.
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 .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Breil/Brigels” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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