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Goms

municipality in the canton of Valais, Switzerland
AdministrativeArea municipality_of_switzerland Q26836831
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Summary

Goms is a Municipality of Switzerland[1]. Goms ranks in the top 6% of municipality of switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (437 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: SGV-ACS[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Goms District[4]
  • Country: Switzerland[5]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Rhône[6]
  • Postal code: 3985[7], 3989[8], 3998[9]
  • Commons category: Goms VS[10]
  • Licence plate code: VS[11]
  • Official website: https://www.gemeinde-goms.ch[12]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Goms VS[13]
  • Population: 1203[14], 1216[15], 1163[16]
  • External data available at URL: https://geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/6077[17]
  • Replaces: Grafschaft[18], Blitzingen[19], Münster-Geschinen[20], Reckingen-Gluringen[21], Niederwald[22]
  • Official name: Goms[23]
  • List of monuments: list of cultural properties in Goms[24]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Goms, Switzerland[25]
  • Different from: Q141540104[26]
  • Area: 129.57 km²[27]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Govdirectory[28]

Why It Matters

Goms has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] Goms is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

Govdirectory Switzerland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . chgemeinden.ch. Retrieved . chgemeinden.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Historicized municipal directory of Switzerland. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Historicized municipal directory of Switzerland. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Historicized municipal directory of Switzerland. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Historicized municipal directory of Switzerland. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Historicized municipal directory of Switzerland. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Q141599379. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . govdirectory.org. Retrieved . govdirectory.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 20h ago · Horgner · 2026-10-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+1203'}, {'amount': '+1216'}, {'amount': '+1163'}
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Population: 1,163, mass upload ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/e2ea98ac2e9|details]])"
  2. 3d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['als', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'fr', 'it', 'nl', 'pl', 'pt', 'simple', 'sv
    Sitelink count → 14
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+129.57'}
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Area: 129.57 square kilometre, area from swisstopo data ([[Wikidata:Requests for permissions/Bot/OKA bot|swisstopo task]])"
  3. 27d ago · Alstorx · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Q141540104
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Different from: Q141540104, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/275027|batch #275027]]"
  4. 17w ago · Lehmannro · 2026-06-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in or next to body of water → Rhône
    Replaces → Grafschaft, Blitzingen, Münster-Geschinen +2
    Topic's main category → Category:Goms VS
    Replaces → —
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Flag image: CHE Goms Flag.svg, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782070149300"
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