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Commune and town in Mascara Province, Algeria

Ghriss
Commune and town


Ghriss
Coordinates: 35°15′N 0°10′E / 35.250°N 0.167°E / 35.250; 0.167
Country	Algeria
Province	Mascara Province
Population
• Total	22,151
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)

Ghriss (Arabic: غريس) is a town and commune in Mascara Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 22,151.

It is located 18 kilometres (11 mi) from Mascara and 120 kilometres (75 mi) from Oran, rising to around 500 metres (1,600 ft) in the Ghriss plain [fr]. Its name is derived from Aghris (Berber languages: ⴰⵖⵔⵉⵙ) meaning "white frost". During the French colonial period, the town was named "Thiersville" after Adolphe Thiers, and its nearby airport Ghriss Airport was called "Thiersville Airfield" during the WWII.

References

Statoids
Jean Michel de Venture de Paradis (1844). Grammaire et dictionnaire abrégés de la langue berbère (in French). p. 80.

v t e Mascara Province
Capital: Mascara
Districts	Aïn Farès Aïn Fekan Aouf Bouhanifia El Bordj Ghriss Hachem Mascara Mohammedia Oggaz Oued El Abtal Oued Taria Sig Tighenif Tizi Zahana
Communes	Aïn Fares Aïn Fekan Aïn Ferah Aïn Fras Alaimia Aouf Beniane Bou Hanifia Bou Henni Chorfa El Bordj El-Gaada El Ghomri Hachem El Keurt El Menaouer Ferraguig Froha Gharrous Guerdjoum Guittena Ghriss Mamounia Hacine Khalouia Makdha Maoussa Mascara Matemore Mocta Douz Mohammadia Nesmoth Oggaz Oued El Abtal Oued Taria Ras Ain Amirouche Sedjerara Sehaîlia Sidi Abdeldjebar Sidi Abdelmoumen Sidi Kada Sidi Boussaid Sig Tighennif Tizi Zahana Zelameta

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