Goms
Goms is a valley in Valais, Switzerland and has an elevation of 1,903 metres. Goms is situated nearby to the hamlet Bodme, as well as near the village Blitzingen.- Type: Valley with an elevation of 1,903 metres
- Description: valley in Canton of Valais, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Unteres Goms”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Niederwald railway station and Biel railway station.
Niederwald railway station
Railway station
Niederwald railway station, is a railway station in the locality of Niederwald, within the municipality of Goms, in the Swiss canton of Valais. It is an intermediate stop on the 1,000 mm metre gauge Furka Oberalp line of the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn and is served by local trains only.
Biel railway station
Railway station
Photo: NAC, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Biel railway station, is a railway station in the locality of Biel, within the municipality of Goms, in the Swiss canton of Valais. It is an intermediate stop and a request stop on the 1,000 mm metre gauge Furka Oberalp line of the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn and is served by local trains only.
St. Sebastian chapel (emergency helpers chapel) with group haystack
Chapel
Photo: Paebi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Blitzingen and Niederwald.
Blitzingen
Village
Blitzingen is a former municipality in the district of Goms in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. On 1 January 2017 the former municipalities of Blitzingen, Grafschaft, Münster-Geschinen, Niederwald and Reckingen-Gluringen merged into the municipality of Goms.
Niederwald
Village
Photo: Zinat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Niederwald is a former municipality in the district of Goms in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. On 1 January 2017 the former municipalities of Niederwald, Blitzingen, Grafschaft, Münster-Geschinen and Reckingen-Gluringen merged into the new municipality of Goms.
Biel
Village
Photo: SteveK, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Biel is a village in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. It was an independent municipality until 2001, when it merged with Ritzingen and Selkingen into the municipality Grafschaft. Biel is situated 2½ km north of Goms.
Goms
- Category: landform
- Location: Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Swiss German—“Goms” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Гомс”
- Cebuano: “Goms”
- German: “Goms”
- Irish: “Goms”
- Swedish: “Goms”
- Swiss German: “Goms”
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Localities in the Area
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