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Also known as Blitzingen VS

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

12 sections
Contents
  • 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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