
Münster-Geschinen
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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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Münster-Geschinen
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Goms
- Area
- 48.58
- Elevation
- 1370
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- Goms District
- Shares border with
- Guttannen
- Official website
- www.muenster-geschinen.ch
- Image
- Münster-Geschinen.jpg
- Dialing code
- 027
- Licence plate code
- VS
Show 6 more facts
- 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
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- 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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