- Breil/Brigels
Infobox Swiss town
subject_name = Breil/Brigels
municipality_name = Breil/Brigels
municipality_type = municipality
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languages = Romansh, German
canton = Grisons
iso-code-region = CH-GR
district = Surselva
lat_d=46|lat_m=46|lat_NS=N|long_d=9|long_m=3|long_EW=E
postal_code = 7165
municipality_code = 3981
area = 50.64
elevation = 1280|elevation_description=
population = 1309|populationof=2005
website = www.breil.ch
mayor = Richard Caduff|mayor_asof=|mayor_party=
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neighboring_municipalities=Linthal (GL),Obersaxen ,Schlans , Trun,Waltensburg/Vuorz
twintowns =Gammelshausen (Germany)|Breil/Brigels is a municipality in the district of Surselva in the Swiss canton of
Graubünden .The name of the municipality comes from the word "brigilo", meaning "little town". It was first mentioned historically in 765 by the name of Bregelo.
It is known as a ski resort.
Population and language
At the end of 2004, of the 1,323 inhabitants, 1,266 (=95.69%) were Swiss citizens. The official language is Romansh, which is spoken by of the population (as of 2000), of which 80.5% use it as their daily language. A large majority are still
Catholic . The Reformation did not catch on in the municipality because of the influence of the nearbyDisentis Abbey .External links
* [http://www.breil.ch Official Web site]
*HDS|1613
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