Glarus
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| Glarus | ||||||||||
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| Population | 5,686 (December 2003[update]) | |||||||||
| - Density | 82 /km2 (213 /sq mi) | |||||||||
| Area | 69.23 km2 (26.73 sq mi) | |||||||||
| Elevation | 472 m (1,549 ft) | |||||||||
| Postal code | 8750 | |||||||||
| SFOS number | 1609 | |||||||||
| Surrounded by (view map) |
Ennenda, Innerthal (SZ), Luchsingen, Mitlödi, Muotathal (SZ), Näfels, Netstal, Riedern, Schwanden, Schwändi | |||||||||
| Twin towns | New Glarus (USA), Kobryn (Belarus), Rožňava (Slovakia) | |||||||||
| Website | www.stadt-glarus.ch SFSO statistics |
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Glarus (German: 
Glarus (help·info)) is the capital of the Canton of Glarus in Switzerland.
Glarus lies on the Linth River at the foot of the Glärnisch foothills in the Glarus Alps. The municipality has about 5700 inhabitants. Very few buildings built before the fire of 1861 remain. Wood, textile, and plastics, as well as printing, are the dominant industries. The symbol of the city is the neo-romanesque city church.
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[edit] History
The first mention of the town dates from 1178.
It became the capital of the Linth valley in 1419. In the 18th and 19th centuries, 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.
[edit] Weather
 Weather averages for Glarus  |
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 2 (36) |
3.7 (39) |
7.9 (46) |
12.6 (55) |
17.4 (63) |
20.2 (68) |
22.2 (72) |
21.2 (70) |
18.3 (65) |
13.7 (57) |
7.4 (45) |
3.1 (38) |
12.5 (55) |
| Daily Mean °C (°F) | -1.2 (30) |
0.3 (33) |
3.6 (38) |
7.7 (46) |
12 (54) |
14.9 (59) |
16.9 (62) |
16.2 (61) |
13.4 (56) |
9.1 (48) |
3.7 (39) |
-0.3 (31) |
8 (46) |
| Average low °C (°F) | -4 (25) |
-2.7 (27) |
-0.1 (32) |
3.2 (38) |
7 (45) |
10 (50) |
12.1 (54) |
11.8 (53) |
9.3 (49) |
5.3 (42) |
0.5 (33) |
-3.3 (26) |
4.1 (39) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 86 (3.39) |
87 (3.43) |
91 (3.58) |
104 (4.09) |
127 (5) |
164 (6.46) |
175 (6.89) |
177 (6.97) |
112 (4.41) |
89 (3.5) |
101 (3.98) |
102 (4.02) |
1,416 (55.75) |
| Avg. precipitation days | 11.7 | 10.3 | 12.3 | 13 | 14.5 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 14.7 | 10.9 | 8.9 | 10.9 | 10.8 | 148.2 |
| Source: MeteoSchweiz [1] 8 May 2009 | |||||||||||||
[edit] Gallery
 Town center of Glarus |
 Kantonsparlement |
 Landsgemeindeplatz |
 Glarus Swimming Pool |
 Spring in Glarus |
 Post Office |
 Glärnisch |
 Swiss Cow |
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[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Glarus |
- Official Web site (German)
- Glarus (municipality) in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
[edit] References
- ^ "Temperature and Percipitation Average Values-Table, 1961-1990" (in German, French, Italian). Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss. http://www.meteoswiss.admin.ch/web/de/klima/klima_schweiz/tabellen.html. Retrieved on 8 May 2009.
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