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.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Münster-Geschinen is referenced by 23 other articles, and connects out to Canton of Valais, Switzerland and German.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Cultural property of national significance in Valais, Former municipalities of Valais and HDS different on Wikidata.
Its subject is documented across 22 Wikipedia language editions.
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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On the map
2 mapped locations