Municipality of Reckingen-Gluringen / County

Municipality of
Reckingen-Gluringen / County

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Valais (VS)

District :

Goms

Municipal municipality :

Goms

Postal code :

no

former BFS no. :

6391

Coordinates :

659 584 / 146736 coordinates: 46 ° 28 '9 " N , 8 ° 12' 52" O ; CH1903: six hundred fifty-nine thousand five hundred eighty-four / 146736

Height :

2000 m above sea level M.

Area :

0.68 km²

Population density :

0 inhabitants per km²

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Parish before the merger on January 1, 2017

The commune of Reckingen-Gluringen / Grafschaft was a communal area ( commune ) in the Swiss canton of Valais until December 31, 2016 . Due to the merger on January 1, 2017 of the communities of Blitzingen , Grafschaft , Münster-Geschinen , Niederwald and Reckingen-Gluringen to form the new community of Goms , the community area was dissolved.

geography

The uninhabited subalpine area consists of a steep valley basin, called Löüwene, which is located on the south-east exposed slope of the Ritzihorn at an altitude of 1900 to 2200 m above sea level. M. extends. It lies above the alluvial cone that poured into the valley between the villages of Ritzingen and Gluringen.

Political affiliation and naming

The territory of just under one square kilometer was jointly owned by two communities: Reckingen-Gluringen and Grafschaft VS in Obergoms.

The municipality of Reckingen-Gluringen / Grafschaft was managed by the Federal Statistical Office under the municipality number 6391. Until December 31, 2003 it was officially called the Gluringen-Ritzingen Commune and carried the BFS no. 6072.

Since the turn of the millennium, the area had changed its name several times as a result of municipal mergers in which both previous owners were involved:

In 2001, the former municipality concluded Ritzingen with Biel VS and Selkingen the new municipality County VS together.
In October 2004 the former municipality of Gluringen and Reckingen VS merged to form the municipality of Reckingen-Gluringen .

For the interim phase (2001–2003), the Gluringen / Grafschaft municipality was therefore also mentioned .