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Obergesteln

village and former municipality in Obergoms in the canton of Valais, Switzerland
Place Village Q662541

Facts

15 properties

Designation

Instance of
village, former municipality of Switzerland, neighborhood[4][5]
Heritage designation
Swiss townscape worthy of protection[15]

Location

Country
Switzerland[2]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 46.500°, 8.317°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Obergoms, Goms District[1]
Postal code
3988[9]
More facts +9
Official website
www.obergesteln.ch[12]
Area
+146[17]
Elevation above sea level
+1355[16]
Local dialing code
027[11]
Located in or next to body of water
Rhône[3]
Population
+209[13]
Replaced by
Obergoms[14]
Shares border with
Guttannen, Oberwald, Ulrichen[6][7][8]
Vehicle registration plate code
VS[10]
🏷️ Also known as
en Obergesteln ru Обергештельн
🔖 Identifiers · 12
VIAF cluster ID
249438277
GND ID
7636576-1
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Obergesteln2.JPG ↗
FactGrid item ID
Björn Clemens
Freebase ID
/m/0h39r5
GNS Unique Feature ID
-2553429
GeoNames ID
2659386
HDS ID
002695
SPAP ID
p/5278ea26-dcf2-4b03-b4d8-d65e3da006b0
Swiss municipality code
6065
SwissNAMES3D ID
2DEEBE4E-3C8D-4E8F-8C5A-212995144AA0
Who's on First ID
1125775121

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🔗 Connections
Shares border with 3
Guttannen, Oberwald, Ulrichen
← Shares border with 3
Guttannen, Oberwald, Ulrichen
Located in the administrative territorial entity 2
Goms District, Obergoms
Located in time zone 2
UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00
People born here 2
Simon Hallenbarter, Konrad Hallenbarter
Country 1
Switzerland
Instance of 1
village
Located in or next to body of water 1
Rhône
Replaced by 1
Obergoms
← Replaces 1
Obergoms
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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . Historicized municipal directory of Switzerland. wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . gisos.bak.admin.ch. Retrieved . gisos.bak.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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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. 14d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SwissNAMES3D ID → 2DEEBE4E-3C8D-4E8F-8C5A-212995144AA0
    "Created claim: SwissNAMES3D ID: 2DEEBE4E-3C8D-4E8F-8C5A-212995144AA0, swissNAMES3D ID from swisstopo data (swisstopo task)"
  2. 15w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #43521: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  3. 18w ago · AnBuKu · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+209'}
    Heritage designation → Swiss townscape worthy of protection
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Obergoms, Goms District
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 46.5, 'lon': 8.3166666666667}
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Instance of: neighborhood"
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