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Oberurnen
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Oberurnen is a former municipality in the canton of Glarus in Switzerland. Effective from 1 January 2011, Oberurnen is part of the municipality of Glarus Nord.

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Place details

Locality
Glarus Nord
Region
Glarus
Country
Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera/Svizra
Population
1,932
Timezone
Europe/Zurich

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14.3 µg/m³
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Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name
Oberurnen
Swiss town.image_photo
Oberurnen preghejo 033.jpg
Swiss town.municipality_type
former
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
Oberurnen-coat of arms.svg
Swiss town.canton
Glarus
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-GL
Swiss town.district
n.a.
Swiss town.postal_code
8868
Swiss town.municipality_code
1623
Swiss town.area
12.82
Swiss town.elevation
430
Swiss town.website
www.oberurnen.ch
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
Innerthal (SZ), Mollis, Näfels, Niederurnen, Schübelbach (SZ)

via Wikipedia infobox

Official website

Oberurnen – Gemeinde Glarus Nord

glarus-nord.ch

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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Geography
  • Demographics
  • Transport
  • References

Oberurnen is a former municipality in the canton of Glarus in Switzerland. Effective from 1 January 2011, Oberurnen is part of the municipality of Glarus Nord.

==History== Oberurnen is first mentioned in 1340 as Obern Urannen.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oberurnen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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