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Niederwald, Switzerland

Niederwald
Former municipality of Switzerland
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Coat of arms of Niederwald
Coat of arms
Niederwald is located in Switzerland
Niederwald
Niederwald
Niederwald is located in Canton of Valais
Niederwald
Niederwald
Coordinates: 46°26′N 8°11′E / 46.433°N 8.183°E / 46.433; 8.183Coordinates: 46°26′N 8°11′E / 46.433°N 8.183°E / 46.433; 8.183
Country Switzerland
Canton Valais
District Goms
Government
 • Mayor Martin Mutter
Area
 • Total 4.7 km2 (1.8 sq mi)
Elevation 1,251 m (4,104 ft)
Population (December 2002)
 • Total 66
 • Density 14/km2 (36/sq mi)
Postal code 3989
SFOS number 6064
Surrounded by Bellwald, Blitzingen, Ernen
Website www.niederwald.ch
SFSO statistics

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

Niederwald is first mentioned in 1526 as Zniderwaldt.

Niederwald has an area, as of 2011, of 4.7 square kilometers (1.8 sq mi). Of this area, 34.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 43.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 3.0% is settled (buildings or roads) and 18.4% is unproductive land.

The municipality is located above the Fiesch valley and along the old highway which ran from Ernen over the Rhone bridge to the right side of the valley. It consists of the haufendorf village (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Niederwald and the former hamlet of Rottenbrigge.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, on Coupeaux Vert three Pine trees of the same trunked proper, a Chief Azure.

Niederwald has a population (as of December 2015) of 47. As of 2008, 6.8% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of -47.5%. It has changed at a rate of -28.8% due to migration and at a rate of -10% due to births and deaths.


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