It is a picturesque small town in Upper Valais, situated at the foot of the northern slope of the Simplon Pass in the Alps, on the right bank of the Saltine stream, and a little above its junction with the Rhone.
Brig is surrounded by many high Alpine summits.
Within the municipality are the summits of the Glishorn, Spitzhorli and Tochuhorn.
Brig is located close to the Swiss-Italian borders.

Brig-Glis had an area, (as of the 2004/09 survey) of 37.67 km² (14.54 sq mi).
 Of this area, about 11.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 48.6% is forested.
 Of the rest of the land, 11.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and 27.9% is unproductive land.
 Over the past two decades (1979/85-2004/09) the amount of land that is settled has increased by 119 ha (290 acres) and the agricultural land has decreased by 115 ha (280 acres).
It is a picturesque small town in Upper Valais, situated at the foot of the northern slope of the Simplon Pass in the Alps, on the right bank of the Saltine stream, and a little above its junction with the Rhone. Brig is surrounded by many high Alpine summits. Within the municipality are the summits of the Glishorn, Spitzhorli and Tochuhorn. Brig is located close to the Swiss-Italian borders.
Brig-Glis had an area, (as of the 2004/09 survey) of 37.67 km² (14.54 sq mi).  Of this area, about 11.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 48.6% is forested.  Of the rest of the land, 11.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and 27.9% is unproductive land.  Over the past two decades (1979/85-2004/09) the amount of land that is settled has increased by 119 ha (290 acres) and the agricultural land has decreased by 115 ha (280 acres).
Brig-Glis