Obergoms

Obergoms
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Valais (VS)
District :	Goms
BFS no. :	6076
Postal code :	3988 Obergesteln 3988 Ulrichen 3999 Belvedere ( Furka ) 3999 Gletsch 3999 Grimsel Passhöhe 3999 Oberwald
Coordinates :	669 816  /  154 089 coordinates: 46 ° 32 '4 "  N , 8 ° 20' 55"  O ; CH1903:  669,816  /  one hundred and fifty-four thousand and eighty-nine
Height :	1377  m above sea level M.
Height range :	1339–3628 m above sea level M.
Area :	155.93  km²
Residents:	664 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	4 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.obergoms.ch
Gletsch with Grimsel and Furkapassstrasse
Location of the municipality

Obergoms is a municipal and civil parish in the Goms district of the Swiss canton of Valais . It was created on January 1, 2009 from the merger of the previously independent municipalities of Ulrichen , Obergesteln and Oberwald .

geography

Gletsch station with trains of the Furka mountain route steam train, in the background the Rhone glacier

The municipality of Obergoms is located in the upper part of the Valais below the Rhone Glacier on the upper reaches of the Rhone . It includes the farthest Rotten / Rhone valley between Ulrichen and Gletsch and the secondary valleys between Nufenen , Furka , Grimsel and the Dammastock .

Climate table

Obergoms (Ulrichen), 1981-2010
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     106   -1 -13     90   1 -13     100   5 -7     99   9 -2     126   14th 2     95   19th 5     84   22nd 7th     97   21st 7th     94   17th 4th     104   13 0     115   5 -6     104   -1 -11 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source:

Average monthly temperatures and precipitation for Obergoms (Ulrichen), 1981–2010 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) -1.1 1.3 5.1 8.7 14.3 18.5 21.5 20.7 17.1 12.6 4.7 -0.5 O 10.3 Min. Temperature (° C) −13.4 −12.6 -6.9 -2.1 2.1 4.9 7.0 6.8 3.7 -0.1 -5.9 −10.9 O −2.2 Temperature (° C) −7.6 -5.9 -1.0 3.2 8.2 11.8 14.3 13.5 9.8 5.4 -1.2 -5.9 O 3.8 Precipitation ( mm ) 106 90 100 99 126 95 84 97 94 104 115 104 Σ 1,214 Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 2.5 3.8 4.6 4.7 5.2 6.3 6.9 6.3 5.5 4.4 2.6 2.0 O 4.6 Rainy days ( d ) 10.1 9.3 10.1 9.2 11.9 10.8 10.5 11.1 9.2 9.4 10.1 10.3 Σ 122 Humidity ( % ) 84 79 74 71 70 69 69 72 75 78 83 84 O 75.7 Source:

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Obergoms

traffic

Obergoms is integrated into the public transport network by the Matterhorn Gotthard Railway . All three villages (Ulrichen, Obergesteln and Oberwald) have their own train station on the route. The loading point for car loading through the Furka base tunnel to Realp in the canton of Uri is located in Oberwald .

The municipality of Obergoms is the starting point of the three pass roads over the Grimsel pass , the Furka and the Nufenen and the path over the Gries pass .

Since 2011, the steam train has been running from Oberwald VS in summer over the old Furka mountain route to Realp in the canton of Uri .

literature

• Editor: Obergoms. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2017 .

Web links

Commons : Obergoms  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the municipality of Obergoms
• Official WebGIS of the municipality of Obergoms

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Climate table. In: meteoschweiz.admin.ch. meteoschweiz, accessed on December 6, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Furka Mountain Line Steam Railway (DFB)