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Niederurnen is a former municipality in the canton of Glarus in Switzerland. Effective from 1 January 2011, Niederurnen is part of the municipality of Glarus Nord.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Niederurnen is referenced by 54 other articles, and connects out to Canton of Glarus, Switzerland and list of sovereign states.

It is catalogued under the topic Former municipalities of the canton of Glarus.

Its subject is documented across 23 Wikipedia language editions.

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Place details

Locality
Glarus Nord
Region
Glarus
Country
Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera/Svizra
Population
3,657
Timezone
Europe/Zurich

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Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name
Niederurnen
Swiss town.municipality_type
former
Swiss town.image_photo
Niederurnen protestanta preghejo 028.jpg
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
GW-GL-Niederurnen.gif
Swiss town.canton
Glarus
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-GL
Swiss town.district
n.a.
Swiss town.postal_code
8867
Swiss town.municipality_code
1622
Swiss town.area
14.1
Swiss town.elevation
430
Swiss town.website
www.niederurnen.ch
Swiss town.places
Ziegelbrücke
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
Bilten, Mollis, Oberurnen, Schänis (SG), Schübelbach (SZ), Weesen (SG)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
village
Located in
Glarus Nord
Area
14.1
Elevation
430
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Shares border with
Weesen
Image
A Swiss Mountain Village (12137111955).jpg
Dialing code
055
Licence plate code
GL
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Commons category
Niederurnen
postal code
8867
replaced by
Glarus Nord
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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Geography
  • Demographics
  • Transport
  • References

Niederurnen is a former municipality in the canton of Glarus in Switzerland. Effective from 1 January 2011, Niederurnen is part of the municipality of Glarus Nord.

==History== Niederurnen is first mentioned either before 1045 or between 1077 and 1101 as Niter Urnnen.

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

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