Geschinen

Münster-Geschinen

Former municipality of Switzerland

Coat of arms

Münster-Geschinen

Location of Münster-Geschinen

Coordinates: 46°29′N 8°15′E / 46.483°N 8.250°ECoordinates: 46°29′N 8°15′E / 46.483°N 8.250°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Werner Lagger

Area

• Total

48.6 km² (18.8 sq mi)

Elevation

1,370 m (4,490 ft)

Population (December 2002)

• Total

489

• Density

10/km² (26/sq mi)

Postal code

3985

SFOS number

6074

Surrounded by

Fieschertal, Guttannen (BE), Reckingen-Gluringen, Ulrichen

Website

www.muenster-geschinen.ch
SFSO statistics

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.

Münster is first mentioned in 1221 as Musterium. Geschinen is first mentioned in 1327 as Gessinon.

Münster-Geschinen had an area, as of 2011^[update], of 48.6 square kilometers (18.8 sq mi). Of this area, 32.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 19.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.0% is settled (buildings or roads) and 47.2% is unproductive land.

Trützisee is located at an elevation of 2,579 m (8,461 ft), below Löffelhorn (3,095 m (10,154 ft)).

Münster-Geschinen had a population (as of 2015^[update]) of 489. As of 2008^[update], 12.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of -9.2%. It has changed at a rate of -11.3% due to migration and at a rate of -5.5% due to births and deaths.

As of 2008^[update], the gender distribution of the population was 54.8% male and 45.2% female. The population was made up of 22 Swiss men (52.4% of the population) and 1 (2.4%) non-Swiss men. There were 17 Swiss women (40.5%) and 2 (4.8%) non-Swiss women.

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