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Also known as Münster-Geschinen VS, Munster-Geschinen, Muenster-Geschinen

Münster-Geschinen is a former municipality in the district of Goms in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It was formed in 2004, from the union of the municipalities of Münster and Geschinen. On 1 January 2017, the former municipalities of Münster-Geschinen, Blitzingen, Grafschaft, Niederwald and Reckingen-Gluringen merged into the new municipality of Goms.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name
Münster-Geschinen
Swiss town.image_photo
Münster-Geschinen.jpg
Swiss town.municipality_type
former
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
CHE Goms COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag
CHE Goms Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton
Valais
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-VS
Swiss town.district
Goms
Swiss town.postal_code
3985
Swiss town.municipality_code
6074
Swiss town.area
48.6
Swiss town.elevation
1370
Swiss town.population
489
Swiss town.populationof
December 2002
Swiss town.popofyear
2002
Swiss town.website
www.gemeinde-goms.ch
Swiss town.mayor
Werner Lagger
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
Fieschertal, Guttannen (BE), Reckingen-Gluringen, Ulrichen

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Münster-Geschinen
Located in
Goms
Area
48.58
Elevation
1370
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Capital of
Goms District
Shares border with
Guttannen
Image
Münster-Geschinen.jpg
Dialing code
027
Licence plate code
VS
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contains settlement
Geschinen
Commons category
Münster-Geschinen
postal code
3985
replaces
Geschinen
replaced by
Goms
external data available at URL
geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/6074
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Encyclopedic overview

15 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Geography
  • Demographics
  • Münster demographics
  • Geschinen demographics
  • Historic Population
  • Heritage sites of national significance
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Münster economy
  • Geschinen economy
  • Religion
  • Education
  • References
  • External links

Münster-Geschinen is a former municipality in the district of Goms in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It was formed in 2004, from the union of the municipalities of Münster and Geschinen. On 1 January 2017, the former municipalities of Münster-Geschinen, Blitzingen, Grafschaft, Niederwald and Reckingen-Gluringen merged into the new municipality of Goms.

==History== Münster is first mentioned in 1221 as Musterium. Geschinen is first mentioned in 1327 as Gessinon.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Münster-Geschinen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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