Brig, Valais, Switzerland

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Brig, in the canton of Valais, is a small Swiss town in the Alps known as a regional transport hub and gateway to major mountain passes and resorts.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Brig, Valais, Switzerland canonical 2
Brig, Switzerland 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
town
administrativeRole seat of Brig District
canton Valais
connectedByTunnel Lötschberg Base Tunnel
linked to: Lötschberg Tunnel

Simplon Tunnel
country Switzerland
district Brig District
formerName Brig
hasClimate continental
hasEducationalInstitution Höhere Fachschule für Tourismus (HFT) Brig
Spiritus Sanctus College Brig
hasFeature historicTownCentre
mountainResortAccess
railwayJunction
hasLandmark Collegiate Church of St. Sebastian
Old Town of Brig
Simplon Hospice (nearby)
Stockalper Palace
hasRailwayStation Brig railway station
hasTouristAttraction Aletsch Glacier region (accessible)
Simplon Pass road
linked to: Simplon Pass

Stockalper Palace courtyard
linked to: Stockalper Palace
isGatewayTo Aletsch region
Italian Piedmont
Saas Valley
linked to: Saas valley

Simplon Pass
Zermatt region
linked to: Visp District
isRegionalTransportHub true
language German
localDialect Walser German
locatedIn Alps
Upper Valais
locatedOnRiver Rhône
linked to: Rhône River
mergedWith Brigerbad
Glis
mergerDate 1973
nearMountainRange Lepontine Alps
Pennine Alps
officialName Brig-Glis
postalCode 3900
primaryEconomicSector services
tourism
transport
railwayLine Lötschberg line
Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
Simplon line
timeZone CET
timeZoneDST CEST

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nico Hischier placeOfBirth Brig, Valais, Switzerland
Jorge Chávez Dartnell performedFlightFrom Brig, Switzerland
linked to: Brig, Valais, Switzerland
Nico Hischier placeOfBirth Brig, Valais, Switzerland
subject linked to: Hischier