Brig district

District Brig French District de Brigue
Basic data
Country:	Switzerland
Canton :	Valais (VS)
Main town :	Brig-Glis
FSO number :	2301
Area :	434.19  km²
Height range :	649-4192 m above sea level M.
Residents:	26,911 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	62 inhabitants per km²
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The following municipalities belong to the Brig district ( French District de Brigue ) in the canton of Valais :

coat of arms	Name of the parish	Population (December 31, 2018)	Area in km²	Inhabitant per km²
	Brig-Glis	13'058	37.66	347
	Eggerberg	335	6.05	55
	Naters	10'075	147.22	68
	Ried-Brig	2115	47.57	44
	Simplon	305	91.01	3
	Terms	946	18.65	51
	Between mountains	77	86.03	1
Total (7)		26,911	434.19	62

Changes in the community

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  Municipalities until 1971

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  Municipalities until 1993

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  Municipalities until 2012

• 1973: Merger of Brig , Brigerbad and Glis → Brig-Glis
• 1994: Change of name Ried bei Brig → Ried-Brig
• 2013: Merger of Birgisch , Mund and Naters → Naters

Localities

Postcode	Name of the place	local community
3900	Brig	Brig-Glis
3900	Brigerbad	Brig-Glis
3900	Chamois	Brig-Glis
3902	Glis	Brig-Glis
	mountain	Eggerberg
	Harrow	Eggerberg
	Narrow house	Eggerberg
	Finns	Eggerberg
	Halta	Eggerberg
	Hohwang	Eggerberg
	Lipboden	Eggerberg
	Trouble	Eggerberg
	nest	Eggerberg
	Rohrli	Eggerberg
	Finally	Eggerberg
	Wang	Eggerberg
	Wide mat	Eggerberg
	Wirmsland	Eggerberg
	Wyer	Eggerberg
	To the barn	Eggerberg
3914	Belalp	Naters
3903	Birgian	Naters
	Blatten at Naters	Naters
3903	mouth	Naters
	Rishinen	Naters
	Mäderalp	Ried-Brig
	Rothwald	Ried-Brig
	Schallberg	Ried-Brig
	Egga	Simplon
	Gabi	Simplon
	Simplon village	Simplon
	Simplon Pass	Simplon
	Rosswald	Terms
	Gondo	Between mountains

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Federal Statistical Office Generalized Limits 2020.

Web links

Commons : Brig District  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Louis Carlen: Brig (Zenden, district). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .