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Also known as Gommiswald SG

Gommiswald is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Rieden and Ernetschwil merged into the municipality of Gommiswald.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name
Gommiswald
Swiss town.image_photo
2012-06-24-See-Gaster (Foto Dietrich Michael Weidmann) 218.JPG
Swiss town.municipality_type
municipality
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
CHE Gommiswald COA.svg
Swiss town.canton
St. Gallen
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-SG
Swiss town.district
See-Gaster
Swiss town.postal_code
8737
Swiss town.municipality_code
3341
Swiss town.area
11.86
Swiss town.elevation
590
Swiss town.population
4973
Swiss town.populationof
Dec 2014
Swiss town.popofyear
2014
Swiss town.website
gommiswald.ch
Swiss town.mayor
Peter Göldi
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
Ebnat-Kappel, Kaltbrunn, Uznach, Wattwil

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Gommiswald
Population
5164
Area
33.59
Elevation
1074
Official website
gommiswald.ch
Image
2012-06-24-See-Gaster (Foto Dietrich Michael Weidmann) 218.JPG
Dialing code
055
Licence plate code
SG
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Commons category
Gommiswald
postal code
8737
external data available at URL
geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/3341
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  • Historic Population
  • Economy
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Gommiswald is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Rieden and Ernetschwil merged into the municipality of Gommiswald.

==History== thumb|left|Berg Sion Monastery in Gommiswald thumb|left|Aerial view from 100 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1919) Gommiswald is first mentioned in 1178 as Göycheim though this comes from a 16th-century copy of the original. In 1440 it was mentioned as Göchams gewalt. The current village of Gommiswald was known as Gauen until the 18th century, when both Gauen and Gommiswald were used interchangeably. In 1913 the cantonal government directed that the name of Gommiswald would be the official name.

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