Glarus

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Glarus

Total population

5,500

Elevation477 m

Coordinates47.04°, 9.07°

Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Glarus is the capital of the canton of Glarus in Switzerland. Since 1 January 2011, the municipality of Glarus incorporates the former municipalities of Ennenda, Netstal and Riedern.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Ekkehard Fasser

bobsledder (1952–2021)

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Jakob Klaesi

psychiatrist (1883-1980)

Heinrich Hössli

Swiss writer (1784-1864)

Friedrich Ris

Swiss entomologist (1867–1931)

Johann Jakob von Tschudi

Swiss naturalist and explorer (1818–1889)

Josua Zweifel

Swiss explorer and discoverer (1854-1895)

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Valeria Spälty

curler

This Jenny

Swiss politician (1952-2014)

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Michèle Moser

Swiss female curler

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Rösli Streiff

Swiss alpine skier (1901-1997)

Andy Scherrer

Swiss pianist and saxophonist (1946–2019)

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Jean-Jacques Hauser

Swiss pianist (1932-2009)

Pankraz Freitag

Swiss politician (1952-2013)

Fritz Künzli

Swiss footballer (1946–2019)

René Botteron

Swiss footballer

Ruedi Noser

Swiss entrepreneur and politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Glarus

• Ennenda
  0.8 mi away · pop. 2,726
• Riedern
  0.9 mi away · pop. 734
• Netstal
  1.5 mi away · pop. 2,875
• Mitlödi
  2.2 mi away · pop. 1,000
• Schwändi
  2.5 mi away · pop. 476
• Sool
  3 mi away · pop. 296
• Schwanden
  3.2 mi away · pop. 2,392
• Mollis
  3.5 mi away · pop. 3,337
• Nidfurn
  3.9 mi away · pop. 258
• Näfels
  4 mi away · pop. 4,021
• Haslen
  4.3 mi away · pop. 999
• Leuggelbach
  4.6 mi away · pop. 171

Browse all places in Glarus →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Glarus

New Glarus

Kim D. Tschudy · 2014

Geschichte des Landes Glarus

Gottfried Heer · 2018

New Glarus' first 100 years

Miriam Barbara Theiler · 1946

Glarus

Jürg Davatz · 1974

The Swiss of New Glarus

Kim D. Tschudy · 2007

Der Uhrwerker von Glarus

Ludwig Harig · 1993

Die gemeindefinanzen im kanton Glarus ...

Rudolf C. Streiff · 1927

Statistik des zivilstandes im kanton Glarus vom jahre 1908

Glarus · 1909

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