Brig-Glis

Brig-Glis is a town and municipality in the district of Brig in the canton of Valais, in the German-speaking Upper Valais of Switzerland. The present municipality was formed in 1972 by the merger of Brig, Brigerbad and Glis. It lies at the foot of the northern slope of the Simplon Pass in the Alps, close to the Swiss-Italian border, on the right bank of the Saltina stream a little above its junction with the Rhone, and its prosperity has long been tied to traffic over the Simplon. The municipality covers about 37.7 square kilometres, and it was named Alpine Town of the Year in 2008 through the association of Alpine towns that works to apply the Alpine Convention.