Goms (region)

Goms Bezirk Goms
District
Landscape of Goms, here the village of Reckingen
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Valais
Seat	Gluringen
Area
• Total	588.3 km2 (227.1 sq mi)
Population (2015)
• Total	4,452
• Density	7.6/km2 (20/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Municipalities	8

The district of Goms (French: District de Conches) 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 4,452 (as of 31 December 2015).

It comprises the following municipalities:

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess Gules and Argent, two Crosses pattee counterchanged.

Goms has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 4,452. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (4,401 or 92.8%) as their first language, Serbo-Croatian is the second most common (179 or 3.8%) and Albanian is the third (41 or 0.9%). There are 29 people who speak French, 12 people who speak Italian.

As of 2008^[update], the gender distribution of the population was 51.0% male and 49.0% female. The population was made up of 2,113 Swiss men (44.8% of the population) and 292 (6.2%) non-Swiss men. There were 2,036 Swiss women (43.2%) and 274 (5.8%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the district 2,454 or about 51.7% were born in Goms and lived there in 2000. There were 1,179 or 24.9% who were born in the same canton, while 488 or 10.3% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 529 or 11.2% were born outside of Switzerland.

As of 2000^[update], there were 1,896 people who were single and never married in the district. There were 2,434 married individuals, 309 widows or widowers and 104 individuals who are divorced.