Oberwald is a village in the
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
of
Obergoms in
Goms District in the
canton of
Valais
Valais ( , , ; frp, Valês; german: Wallis ), more formally the Canton of Valais,; german: Kanton Wallis; in other official Swiss languages outside Valais: it, (Canton) Vallese ; rm, (Chantun) Vallais. is one of the 26 cantons forming the S ...
in
Switzerland.
It is situated at an elevation of 1,377 m and had a population of 277 in December 2007. It is located at the end of the
Goms, directly before the
Furka and
Grimsel
The Grimsel Pass (german: Grimselpass; french: Col du Grimsel; it, Passo del Grimsel) is a mountain pass in Switzerland, crossing the Bernese Alps at an elevation of . The pass connects the Haslital, the upper valley of the river Aare, with the ...
passes, underneath the
Rhône River source at the
Rhône Glacier. It is also the startpoint of the
Furka Tunnel. Most inhabitants live off tourism or sheep farming.
Oberwald was an independent municipality until January 1, 2009, when it merged with
Ulrichen
Ulrichen is a village in the municipality of Obergoms in the district of Goms in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. The population () was 219.
Ulrichen was an independent municipality until January 1, 2009, when it merged with Oberwald and O ...
and
Obergesteln to form the municipality of
Obergoms.
References
External links
* http://www.oberwald.ch
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Former municipalities of Valais
Ski areas and resorts in Switzerland
Populated places on the Rhône
Populated riverside places in Switzerland