Münster-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°E / 46.483; 8.250Coordinates: 46°29′N 8°15′E / 46.483°N 8.250°E / 46.483; 8.250
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Valais
District	Goms
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.