Glarus

Summary

Glarus is a city^[1]. Glarus is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[2]

Key Facts

• Glarus is located in Glarus^[3].
• Glarus is in the country of Switzerland^[4].
• Glarus's instance of is recorded as city^[5].
• Glarus's instance of is recorded as former municipality of Switzerland^[6].
• Glarus's instance of is recorded as Ortschaft^[7].
• Glarus's official language is recorded as Swiss High German^[8].
• Glarus's shares border with is recorded as Riedern^[9].
• Glarus's shares border with is recorded as Ennenda^[10].
• Glarus's shares border with is recorded as Netstal^[11].
• Glarus's shares border with is recorded as Näfels^[12].
• Glarus's shares border with is recorded as Luchsingen^[13].
• Glarus's shares border with is recorded as Schwanden^[14].
• Glarus's shares border with is recorded as Schwändi^[15].
• Glarus's shares border with is recorded as Mitlödi^[16].
• Glarus's twinned administrative body is recorded as Biebrich^[17].
• Glarus's postal code is recorded as 8750^[18].
• Glarus's Commons category is recorded as Glarus (town)^[19].
• Glarus's licence plate code is recorded as GL^[20].
• Glarus's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[21].
• Glarus's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[22].
• Glarus's local dialing code is recorded as 055^[23].
• Glarus's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 47.033329, 'lon': 9.066666}^[24].
• Glarus has a population of {'amount': '+5996'}^[25].
• Glarus has a population of {'amount': '+5840'}^[26].
• Glarus has a population of {'amount': '+5556'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Glarus is in the country of Switzerland^[4]. Glarus is located in Glarus^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Elevations include {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+476'}^[28] and {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+988'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+5996'}^[25], {'amount': '+5840'}^[26], {'amount': '+5556'}^[27], {'amount': '+5728'}^[30], {'amount': '+5969'}^[31], and {'amount': '+6189'}^[32].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[5], former municipality of Switzerland^[6], and Ortschaft^[7].

Why It Matters

Glarus is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[2]