The district of Brig is a district in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. It has a population of 27,360 (as of 31 December 2020). It includes the following...
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a brigade Brig-Glis (also known simply as "Brig"), a town in the canton of Valais, Switzerland Brig (district), the district in which Brig, Switzerland...
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Brig, officially Brig-Glis (French: Brigue-Glis; Italian: Briga-Glis), is a historic town and municipality in the district of Brig in the canton of Valais...
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Brig, known as Brig in German and Briga in Italian, is a town in the canton of Valais, in the commune of Brig-Glis. The name Brig comes from the Celtic...
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Ried-Brig is a municipality in the district of Brig in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Ried-Brig is first mentioned in 1232 as Riet. In 1428 it was...
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mayors of Brig, Switzerland. Brig is a former municipality of the canton of Valais. It merged in 1973 with Glis and Brigerbad to form Brig-Glis. For later...
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Josef Escher (category People from Brig District)
Josef Escher (17 September 1885, in Simplon – 9 December 1954) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1950–1954). He was elected...
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shipment of 73 enslaved people sailing from Alexandria, District of Columbia, to New Orleans on the brig Isaac Franklin. Isaac Franklin was sold to slave trader...
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Naval Consolidated Brig, Miramar (NAVCONBRIG) is a military prison operated by the U.S. Navy at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in Miramar, San Diego...
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Anton Anderledy (category People from Brig District)
director of the postal services, Anderledy entered the Jesuit novitiate at Brig in 1838. After the novitiate, he taught for 2 years (1842–44) the classics...
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