Gams

Also known as Gams SG

Gams is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Werdenberg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name: Gams
Swiss town.municipality_type: municipality
Swiss town.image_photo: Gams dorfzentrum.jpg
Swiss town.image_caption: Gams village center
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: Gams-blazon.svg
Swiss town.canton: St. Gallen
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-SG
Swiss town.district: Werdenberg
Swiss town.postal_code: 9473
Swiss town.municipality_code: 3272
Swiss town.area: 22.28
Swiss town.elevation: 490
Swiss town.website: www.gams.ch
Swiss town.mayor: Werner Schöb
Swiss town.places: Altendorf, Buchser Berg, Burgerau, Räfis
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities: Buchs, Grabs, Sennwald, Wildhaus

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Official website

Home – Gemeinde Gams

Offizielle Homepage der Gemeinde Gams, beinhaltend Informationen über die politische Gemeinde, Schulgemeinde, Ortsgemeinde, Kirchgemeinde, Alte Mühle, Porträt sowie einen online-Ortsplan

gams.ch →

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Gams
Population: 3471
Area: 22.27
Elevation: 718
Official website: www.gams.ch
Image: Gams2.jpg
Dialing code: 081
Licence plate code: SG

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Commons category: Gams
postal code: 9473
P8168: Jim Guy Tucker
external data available at URL: geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/3272

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Gams is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Werdenberg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.

==History== thumb|Aerial view (1964) Gams is first mentioned in 835 as Campesias. In 1210 it was mentioned as Chames, in 1236 as Gamps. Until the Middle Ages it was a Romansh village and was known in Romansh as Chiamp.