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    Brig in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. The current municipality was formed in 1972 through the merger of Brig (city), Brigerbad and Glis. Together...
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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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  • brigade Brig-Glis (also known simply as "Brig"), a town in the canton of Valais, Switzerland Brig (district), the district in which Brig, Switzerland is located...
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    Chur, Switzerland: RhB Rhätische Bahn. 2015. p. 27. Retrieved 2015-04-11.[permanent dead link] "Betriebsdaten" (in German). Brig, Switzerland: MGB matterhorn...
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    Brig railway station is an important railway junction in the municipality of Brig-Glis (French: Brigue-Glis), in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland. Opened...
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    Simplon Tunnel (category Railway tunnels in Switzerland)
    Sempione) is a railway tunnel on the Simplon railway that connects Brig, Switzerland and Domodossola, Italy, through the Alps, providing a shortcut under...
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    Cordon bleu (dish) (category Culinary Heritage of Switzerland)
    The origins of cordon bleu as a schnitzel filled with cheese are in Brig, Switzerland, probably about the 1940s, first mentioned in a cookbook from 1949...
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    accommodates Swiss rail passengers, and Domodossola railway station acts as an international stopping-point between Milan and Brig (a Swiss city of German...
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  • Cesar Ritz Colleges (category Brig-Glis)
    3867; 6.850 César Ritz Colleges Switzerland, is an educational institution located in Le Bouveret and Brig, Switzerland. named in honour of César Ritz...
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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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  • Aarau, Altstätten, Arbon, Baden, Basel, Bellinzona, Bern, Biel/Bienne, Brig, Brig-Glis, Bulle, Burgdorf, Carouge, Chur, Davos, Delémont, Frauenfeld, Fribourg...
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    the Simplon line, between Brig, Switzerland and Domodossola, Italy. It is also the border station between Italy and Switzerland. All rail services to and...
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    César Ritz Colleges Switzerland is a hospitality school with campuses in Le Bouveret and Brig, Switzerland. It is inspired by Swiss hotelier and hospitality...
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  • programs consolidated onto the other Culinary Arts Academy Switzerland campuses in Le Bouveret and Brig, both in the canton of Valais. Industry Partnerships...
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  • the Côtes-d'Armor Department in Brittany in north-western France Brig, Switzerland This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title...
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    Alps Pennine Alps Bernese Alps Lepontine Alps Tödi Range North-Eastern Swiss Alps Eastern Alps Northern Limestone Alps The Alps of Bavaria, the Vorarlberg...
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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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    Gianni Infantino (category People from Brig-Glis)
    born on 23 March 1970 in Brig, Switzerland. He is a son of Italian immigrant parents from Calabria and Lombardy in Switzerland and has the citizenship...
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    to convert their trains to diesel or electric power. France, Russia, Switzerland, and Japan were leaders in adopting widespread electrified railroads...
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    The Simplon Railway is a line that links Lausanne in Switzerland and Domodossola in Italy, via Brig. The 20 km (12 mi)-long Simplon Tunnel (opened in 1906)...
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    Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (category Railway companies of Switzerland)
    Gotthard Bahn trains at Brig, Switzerland List of narrow-gauge railways in Switzerland List of railway companies in Switzerland Carmen Epp (11 September...
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    Viola Amherd (category People from Brig-Glis)
    president of the municipality of Brig-Glis from 2000 to 2012. Representing the canton of Valais, she was member of the Swiss National Council from 31 May...
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    transport, as the motors did not use the valuable oxygen in the mines. Switzerland's lack of natural fossil resources forced the rapid electrification of...
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    alive. After several delays due to bad weather, he took off from Ried-Brig, Switzerland on September 23, 1910, and made his way through the Simplon Pass....
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    Furka Base Tunnel it reaches the Goms District area and Brig in the canton of Valais. In Brig, it connects to the BVZ Zermattbahn since 1930. The first...
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    Peter Stephan Zurbriggen (category People from Brig-Glis)
    Apostolic Nuncio to Austria from 2009 to 2018. He was born and died in Brig, Switzerland. He was ordained a priest on 10 October 1969, entering the Pontifical...
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    Glacier Express (category Named passenger trains of Switzerland)
    descends to the huge valley of the Valais in Brig. It journeys 291 kilometres (181 mi) through the center of the Swiss Alps, over 291 bridges, through 91 tunnels...
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    Oberwald (Valais) Brig (Valais) Visp (Valais) Leuk (Valais) Sierre (Valais) Sion (Valais) St. Maurice (Valais) see Lake Geneva for a list of Swiss and French...
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    Bognanco, Crevoladossola, Crodo, Grengiols (Switzerland), Ried-Brig (Switzerland), Trasquera, Zwischbergen (Switzerland). Varzo is also known because of the...
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    The Brig–Zermatt railway line is a metre gauge railway line in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Its 44-kilometre-long (27 mi) line links the communities...
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