Haslen

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Haslen

Total population

999

Elevation582 m

Coordinates46.98°, 9.06°

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

Overview

Haslen is a village, and former municipality, in the municipality of Glarus Süd and canton of Glarus in Switzerland.

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

Walter Haug

Swiss philologist (1927-2008)

J

Jakob Klaesi

psychiatrist (1883-1980)

U

Urs Sonderegger

Swiss racing driver

E

Erwin C. Dietrich

Swiss filmmaker (1930-2018)

E

Eveline Hasler

Swiss writer (born 1933)

Rudolf Trümpy

Swiss geologist (1921-2009)

J

Jakob Brunnschweiler

Swiss politician

Aegidius Tschudi

Swiss historian (1505-1572)

A

Andrea Bettiga

Swiss politician

Andreas Glarner

Swiss politician

Anita Jehli

Swiss musician

Jan Hauser

Swiss male curler

B

Bernhard Elmer

Swiss politician (1893-1961)

B

Bernhard Milt

Swiss medical historian and internist (1896-1956)

B

Betty Legler

Swiss singer

Christine Gallati

Swiss painter (1888-1985)

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

Nearby places in Glarus

• Nidfurn
  0.4 mi away · pop. 258
• Leuggelbach
  0.5 mi away · pop. 171
• Schwanden
  1.3 mi away · pop. 2,392
• Luchsingen
  1.3 mi away · pop. 1,119
• Hätzingen
  1.6 mi away · pop. 359
• Schwändi
  1.8 mi away · pop. 476
• Sool
  2 mi away · pop. 296
• Diesbach
  2.3 mi away · pop. 200
• Mitlödi
  2.4 mi away · pop. 1,000
• Betschwanden
  2.7 mi away · pop. 182
• Rüti
  3.5 mi away · pop. 364
• Ennenda
  3.8 mi away · pop. 2,726

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.

Recently spotted species

European Firebug

Pyrrhocoris apterus

Seen 2026-09-20

pale bramble rust

Kuehneola uredinis

Seen 2026-09-20

European Toad

Bufo bufo

Seen 2026-09-20

turkey-tail

Trametes versicolor

Seen 2026-09-20

Fly Agaric

Amanita muscaria

Seen 2026-09-20

Alpine Marmot

Marmota marmota

Seen 2026-09-20

Northern Chamois

Rupicapra rupicapra

Seen 2026-09-20

Walnut Orbweaver

Nuctenea umbratica

Seen 2026-09-19

Bitter Beech Bolete

Caloboletus calopus

Seen 2026-09-19

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers