Blitzingen

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Blitzingen

Total population

74

Elevation1290 m

Land area11.8 km²

Coordinates46.44°, 8.20°

Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Blitzingen is a former municipality in the district of Goms in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. On 1 January 2017 the former municipalities of Blitzingen, Grafschaft, Münster-Geschinen, Niederwald and Reckingen-Gluringen merged into the municipality of Goms.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Cäsar Johann Ritz

Swiss hotelier (1850-1918)

D

Daniel Albrecht

alpine skier

René Imoberdorf

Swiss politician

J

Joseph Biner

Swiss theologian (1697-1766)

B

Benno Werlen

Swiss geographer

P

Pierre Bürcher

Prelate of the Roman Catholic Church

Matthäus Schiner

Catholic cardinal (1465-1522)

B

Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan

Swiss cross-country skier

Armin Walpen

Alexander Seiler

Swiss hotel manager and entrepreneur (1819-1891)

E

Elmar Schmid

Swiss clarinetist

Johann Joseph Benet

Swiss mountain guide (1824-1864)

F

Franz Joseph Lagger

Swiss physician and botanist (1799-1870)

J

Jorinde Müller

Swiss alpine skier

Kilian Frankiny

Swiss cyclist

L

Ludwig Werlen

Swiss painter (1884-1928)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Valais

• Biel
  1.1 mi away
• Bister
  8.6 mi away · pop. 31
• Mörel
  9.7 mi away
• Ebnet
  11.4 mi away
• Bitsch
  11.6 mi away · pop. 747
• Belalp
  12 mi away
• Brig
  13.5 mi away · pop. 12,823
• Birgisch
  14.6 mi away · pop. 253
• Gondo
  17.4 mi away
• Blatten (Lötschen)
  18.3 mi away · pop. 303
• Wiler (Lötschen)
  20.1 mi away · pop. 539
• Sankt German
  20.3 mi away

Browse all places in Valais →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

scentless mayweed

Tripleurospermum inodorum

Seen 2026-09-24

Field Scabious

Knautia arvensis

Seen 2026-09-24

Greater Knapweed

Centaurea scabiosa

Seen 2026-09-24

Lady's Bedstraw

Galium verum

Seen 2026-09-24

common soapwort

Saponaria officinalis

Seen 2026-09-24

White-throated Dipper

Cinclus cinclus

Seen 2026-09-23

Black Redstart

Phoenicurus ochruros

Seen 2026-09-23

Grey Heron

Ardea cinerea

Seen 2026-09-23

Red Deer

Cervus elaphus

Seen 2026-09-23

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers