Glarus

town in the municipality of Glarus, Switzerland
City city Q15730054
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Summary

Glarus is a city[1]. Glarus is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Glarus[3]
  • Country: Switzerland[4]
  • Instance of: former municipality of Switzerland[5], Ortschaft[6]
  • Official language: Swiss High German[7]
  • Shares border with: Riedern[8], Ennenda[9], Netstal[10], Näfels[11], Luchsingen[12], Schwanden[13], Schwändi[14], Mitlödi[15]
  • Twinned administrative body: Biebrich[16]
  • Postal code: 8750[17]
  • Commons category: Glarus (town)[18]
  • Licence plate code: GL[19]
  • Local dialing code: 055[20]
  • Population: 5996[21], 5840[22], 5556[23], 5728[24], 5969[25], 6189[26], 5852[27], 5724[28], 5266[29], 5269[30], 5027[31], 5123[32], 4877[33], 5357[34]
  • Replaced by: Glarus[35]
  • Official name: Glarus[36]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Glarus[37]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Glarus[38]
  • Different from: Glarus[39]
  • Elevation above sea level: 476 m[40], 988 m[41]
  • P14976: A3A27A39-B777-473B-9270-6F74B8D47DFD[42]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  34. [36] ↑ . Q141593662. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . Q141593662. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14976 → A3A27A39-B777-473B-9270-6F74B8D47DFD
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  2. 8d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official name → {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Glarus'}
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  3. 10w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → A60045
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  4. 13w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
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  5. 22w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Glarus Panorama.jpg
    Instance of → —
    Category for people who died here → —
    Swiss municipality code → 1609
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