Municipalities of the Canton of Glarus

Municipalities of the Canton of Glarus since 2011

The canton of Glarus since January 1, 2011 includes three political communities , as united communities are called. The community reform was decided on May 7, 2006 by the rural community . Until December 31, 2010, the canton of Glarus consisted of 25 local , 18 school , 16 welfare and 9 civic communities (civic communities were called Tagwen).

List of municipalities

Unified municipalities of the Canton of Glarus
Parish name	Resident December 31, 2018	Area in km²	Inhabitants per km²
Glarus	12,426	103.67	120
Glarus North	18,483	147.00	126
Glarus South	9494	430.03	22nd
Canton of Glarus (entire)	40,403	685.31	59

In addition to the land areas of the three municipalities, the total area of the canton also includes a portion of the Walensee area of 4.63 km².

Changes in the community

Parishes until 1867
Municipalities until 1886
Municipalities until 1938
Municipalities until 2003
Municipalities until 2006
Municipalities until 2010

Municipalities until 2003
Municipalities until 2006
Municipalities until 2010

Before the Glarus community reform , the canton of Glarus was divided into 25 local communities , before the mergers of 2006 ( Haslen , Leuggelbach , Nidfurn ) and 2004 ( Luchsingen , Hätzingen , Diesbach ) into 29. The communities Filzbach , Mühlehorn and Obstalden were created in 1887 through the division the former municipality of Kerenzen-Mühlehorn . Braunwald was separated from Rüti as an independent municipality in 1939 .

List of former parishes

coat of arms	Parish name	Resident December 31, 2010	Area in km²	Inhabitants per km²	Remarks
	Betschwanden	182	9.75	19th	With Glarus Süd since 2011
	Bilten	2001	15.81	127	With Glarus Nord since 2011
	Braunwald	308	10.19	30th	Separated from Rüti in 1939; since 2011 with Glarus Süd
	Diesbach				In Luchsingen since 2004; so in 2011 to Glarus Süd
	Elm	626	90.81	7th	With Glarus Süd since 2011
	Engi	609	40.67	15th	With Glarus Süd since 2011
	Ennenda	2684	22.23	121	With Glarus since 2011
	Filzbach	509	13.87	37	With Glarus Nord since 2011
	Glarus	5878	69.27	85	United with Ennenda, Netstal and Riedern since 2011
	Haslen	999	15.86	63	With Glarus Süd since 2011
	Hätzingen				In Luchsingen since 2004; with that since 2011 to Glarus Süd
-	Kerenzen-Mühlehorn		45.36		1887 divided into the communities Filzbach, Mühlehorn and Obstalden; since 2011 all of them to Glarus Nord
	Leuggelbach				With Haslen since 2006; with that since 2011 to Glarus Süd
	Linthal	1088	131.23	8th	With Glarus Süd since 2011
	Lynx singing	1119	30.67	36	With Glarus Süd since 2011
	Frosted	361	41.18	9	With Glarus Süd since 2011
	Mitlödi	1000	6.23	161	With Glarus Süd since 2011
	Mollis	3337	21.87	153	With Glarus Nord since 2011
	Mühlehorn	416	7.69	54	With Glarus Nord since 2011
	Näfels	4021	36.93	109	With Glarus Nord since 2011
	Netstal	2875	10.68	269	With Glarus since 2011
	Nidfurn				With Haslen since 2006; with that since 2011 to Glarus Süd
	Niederurnen	3928	14.11	278	With Glarus Nord since 2011
	Head urns	1963	12.80	153	With Glarus Nord since 2011
	Obstalden	443	23.80	19th	With Glarus Nord since 2011
	Riedern	734	1.52	483	With Glarus since 2011
	Rüti (GL)	364	6.15	59	With Glarus Süd since 2011
	Schwanden (GL)	2392	30.64	78	With Glarus Süd since 2011
	Schwändi	476	3.46	138	With Glarus Süd since 2011
	Sool	296	13.27	22nd	With Glarus Süd since 2011
Total in 2010		38,609	685.31	57