Bellwald

Also known as Bellwald VS

Bellwald is a municipality in the district of Goms in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name: Bellwald
Swiss town.image_photo: Bellwald.jpg
Swiss town.municipality_type: municipality
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: CHE Bellwald COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag: CHE Bellwald Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton: Valais
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-VS
Swiss town.district: Goms
Swiss town.postal_code: 3997
Swiss town.municipality_code: 6052
Swiss town.area: 13.7
Swiss town.elevation: 1560
Swiss town.population: 452
Swiss town.populationof: December 2002
Swiss town.popofyear: 2002
Swiss town.website: www.bellwald.ch
Swiss town.mayor: Martin Bittel
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities: Blitzingen, Ernen, Fiesch, Fieschertal, Grafschaft, Niederwald

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Bellwald is a municipality in the district of Goms in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

==History== thumb|Historic aerial photograph by Werner Friedli from 1955 Bellwald was first used to refer to the nearby mountain 1273 Beliwalt and 1293 Belwalt. The name then came to mean the main village below the mountain. The village was first mentioned in 1374 as Zblattun.

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