Goms
Goms is a 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.- Type: Locality with 1,180 residents
- Description: municipality in the canton of Valais, Switzerland
- Also known as: “CH6077”, “Conches”, “Goms, Switzerland”, and “Goms, Valais”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Reckingen VS railway station and Münster VS railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Blitzingen and Biel.
Blitzingen
Village
Blitzingen is a former municipality in the district of Goms in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Blitzingen is situated 4½ km southwest of Goms.
Goms
- Category: municipality of Switzerland
- Location: Goms District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.4707° or 46° 28′ 14″ north
Longitude
8.2475° or 8° 14′ 51″ east
Population
1,180
Elevation
1,318 metres (4,324 feet)
Open location code
8FRCF6CW+7X
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Venetian—“Goms” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Goms”
- Czech: “Goms”
- Dutch: “Goms”
- French: “Goms”
- German: “Goms VS”
- German: “Goms”
- Irish: “Goms”
- Italian: “Goms”
- Macedonian: “Гомс”
- Polish: “Goms”
- Portuguese: “Goms”
- Slovenian: “Goms”
- Spanish: “Goms”
- Swedish: “Goms”
- Swiss German: “Goms VS”
- Swiss German: “Goms”
- Turkish: “Goms”
- Ukrainian: “Гомс”
- Upper Sorbian: “Goms”
- Venetian: “Goms”
- “Goms”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Reckingen and Reckingen-Gluringen.
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Highlights: Munster and Raifte.
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