Breil/Brigels

Breil/Brigels
Breil/Brigels
Municipality
	Casa Mirella in Breil/Brigels
	Coat of arms
	Location of Breil/Brigels
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	Coordinates: 46°46′N 9°3′E / 46.767°N 9.050°E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Graubünden
District	Surselva
Government
• Mayor	Richard Caduff
Area
• Total	50.64 km2 (19.55 sq mi)
Elevation	1,280 m (4,200 ft)
Population (31 December 2018)
• Total	1,757
• Density	35/km2 (90/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	7165
SFOS number	3981
ISO 3166 code	CH-GR
Surrounded by	Linthal (GL), Obersaxen, Schlans, Trun, Waltensburg/Vuorz
Twin towns	Gammelshausen (Germany)
Website	www.breil.ch ; SFSO statistics

Breil/Brigels is a municipality in the Surselva Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2018 the former municipalities of Andiast and Waltensburg/Vuorz merged into the municipality of Breil/Brigels.

The name of the municipality comes from the word brigilo, meaning little town. The name comes from the village name in the two local languages. In Romansh the name is Breil [bʁɔjl] ^ⓘ while in German it is Brigels German: [ˈbʁiːɡəls] ^ⓘ.

^ ^a ^b "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
^ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.

[wikidata-34465df301612b4c187d3751abe3e95527f60501-v14-1] "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.

[wikidata-08bd17aa84cda5e3983f082e36c9004a86cf08fc-v14-2] "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.

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