Gries
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Gries may refer to:
- Gries am Brenner, a municipality in Tyrol, Austria
- Gries im Sellrain, a municipality in Tyrol, Austria
- Gries-San Quirino, a former municipality now part of the city of Bolzano, Italy
- Gries, Bas-Rhin, a municipality in the department Bas-Rhin, France
- Gries, Germany, a municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- Gries Pass, a mountain pass in the Alps, between Switzerland and Italy
Gries is also a surname derived from the Ancient Germanic word gris, meaning "gravel" or "stone".
The name may be spelled "Gries" or "Grice". Other forms of the name include "Griese", "Griesbaum", "Griesert", "Grieshaber", "Griesinger", "Griesman", "Griess", "Griffen" and "Griffin".