Blitzingen
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Blitzingen is a former municipality in the district of Goms in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. On 1 January 2017 the former municipalities of Blitzingen, Grafschaft, Münster-Geschinen, Niederwald and Reckingen-Gluringen merged into the municipality of Goms.
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Place details
- Locality
- Goms
- Region
- Valais/Wallis
- Country
- Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera/Svizra
- Population
- 62
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Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Blitzingen
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- former
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Strange evening light in Goms 2.jpg
- Swiss town.image_caption
- Blitzingen village
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Blitzingen COA.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Valais
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-VS
- Swiss town.district
- Goms
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 3989
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 6055
- Swiss town.area
- 11.8
- Swiss town.elevation
- 1290
- Swiss town.population
- 90
- Swiss town.populationof
- December 2002
- Swiss town.popofyear
- 2002
- Swiss town.website
- www.gemeinde-goms.ch
- Swiss town.mayor
- Erwin Ritz
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Bellwald, Ernen, Grafschaft, Niederwald
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Geography
- Coat of arms
- Demographics
- Sights
- Politics
- Economy
- Religion
- Education
- Transport
- References
- External links
Blitzingen is a former municipality in the district of Goms in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. On 1 January 2017 the former municipalities of Blitzingen, Grafschaft, Münster-Geschinen, Niederwald and Reckingen-Gluringen merged into the municipality of Goms.
==History== Blitzingen is first mentioned in 1203 as Blicingen.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Blitzingen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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