Goms District
Goms is a district of the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It covers a larger area than its geographical counterpart, the geographical region of Goms, namely the upper most part of the Rhône valley between its source and Brig. It has a population of 4,377.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: district of the canton of Valais with 4,380 residents
- Description: district of the canton of Valais, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Bezirk Goms”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Biel railway station and Reckingen VS railway station.
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.
Reckingen VS railway station
Railway station
Photo: NAC, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Reckingen VS railway station, is a railway station in the locality of Reckingen-Gluringen, within the municipality of Goms, in the Swiss canton of Valais.
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. Niederwald is situated 4 km southwest of Goms District.
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.
Goms District
- Location: Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arpitan to Waray—“Goms District” goes by many names.
- Arpitan: “Destrict de Conches”
- Arpitan: “District de Conches”
- Basque: “Goms barrutia”
- Catalan: “Districte de Goms”
- Cebuano: “Goms District”
- Chinese: “Goms Koān”
- Czech: “Okres Goms”
- Dutch: “Goms”
- Esperanto: “Distrikto Goms”
- Esperanto: “Goms”
- Finnish: “Gomsin alue”
- French: “district de Conches”
- French: “District de Conches”
- French: “District de Goms”
- French: “Goms”
- German: “Bezirk Goms”
- German: “District de Conches”
- German: “Goms”
- Italian: “distretto di Goms”
- Italian: “Distretto di Goms”
- Italian: “Goms”
- Japanese: “ゴムス郡”
- Latin: “Conches”
- Lombard: “Goms”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Goms Koān”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Distriktet Goms”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Goms”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Distriktet Goms”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Goms”
- Norwegian: “Goms”
- Polish: “dystrykt Goms”
- Polish: “Okręg Goms”
- Portuguese: “Distrito de Conches”
- Romanian: “Districtul Goms”
- Romanian: “Goms”
- Romansh: “District da Goms”
- Romansh: “Goms”
- Russian: “Гомс”
- Slovenian: “Okraj Goms”
- Spanish: “distrito de Conches”
- Spanish: “distrito de Goms”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Goms”
- Spanish: “Goms”
- Swedish: “Goms District”
- Swedish: “Goms”
- Swiss German: “Bezirk Goms”
- Tosk Albanian: “Bezirk Goms”
- Ukrainian: “Гомс”
- Venetian: “Distreto de Goms”
- Vietnamese: “Goms”
- Waray (Philippines): “Goms”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ritzingen and Gluringen.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Chastebiel and Stockflesch.
Valais: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Sion, Zermatt, Martigny, and Brig.
Curious Places to Discover
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