Glarus (city)

Glarus
Municipality
View of Glarus
Coat of arms
Location of Glarus
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Coordinates: 47°02′N 9°04′E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Glarus
District	n.a.
Government
• Mayor	Gemeindepräsident Peter Aebli FDP/PRD
Area [1]
• Total	103.68 km^2 (40.03 sq mi)
Elevation	472 m (1,549 ft)
Population  (31 December 2018)[2]
• Total	12,425
• Density	120/km^2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	8750
SFOS number	1632
Surrounded by	Ennenda, Innerthal (SZ), Luchsingen, Mitlödi, Muotathal (SZ), Näfels, Netstal, Riedern, Schwanden, Schwändi
Twin towns	New Glarus (Wisconsin), Kobryn (Belarus)
Website	www.stadt-glarus.ch SFSO statistics

Glarus (German: Glarus ) is the capital of the Canton of Glarus in Switzerland.

Glarus is on the Linth River. It is at the foot of the Glärnisch foothills.

Old coat of arms

History

The first mention of the town is from 1178.

It became the capital of the Linth valley in 1419. In the 1700s and 1800s, the valley began to be industrialized.

In 1864, the first European labor law to protect workers was introduced in Glarus, prohibiting requiring workers to work more than 12 hours a day.

Since 1 January 2011, the municipality Glarus includes the former municipalities of Ennenda, Netstal and Riedern.^[3]

Gallery

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  Town center of Glarus
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  Glarus town hall
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  Landsgemeindeplatz

References

1. "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
2. "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
3. Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 18 February 2011

Other websites

Media related to Glarus at Wikimedia Commons

• Official Web site (in German)