Münster-Geschinen
Encyclopedia
Münster-Geschinen is a village
in the district of Goms in the canton
of Valais
in Switzerland
. It was formed in 2004 from the union of the municipalities of Münster and Geschinen.
Trützisee
is located at an elevation of 2579 m (8,461.3 ft), below Löffelhorn
(3095 m (10,154.2 ft)).
, the gender distribution of the population was 54.8% male and 45.2% female. The population was made up of 22 Swiss men (52.4% of the population) and 1 (2.4%) non-Swiss men. There were 17 Swiss women (40.5%) and 2 (4.8%) non-Swiss women.
The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 22.7% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 53.3% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 24%.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.53 which is less people per room than the cantonal average of 0.63 per room. In this case, a room is defined as space of a housing unit of at least 4 m² (43 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 77.3% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage
or a rent-to-own agreement).
, the construction rate of new housing units was 27 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 3.95%.
(407 or 89.5%) as their first language, Serbo-Croatian
is the second most common (17 or 3.7%) and Albanian
is the third (12 or 2.6%). There are 5 people who speak French
.
Of the population in the municipality 229 or about 50.3% were born in Münster and lived there in 2000. There were 101 or 22.2% who were born in the same canton, while 51 or 11.2% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 59 or 13.0% were born outside of Switzerland. , there were 168 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 243 married individuals, 36 widows or widowers and 8 individuals who are divorced.
There were 79 households that consist of only one person and 14 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 214 households that answered this question, 36.9% were households made up of just one person and there were 2 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 61 married couples without children, 44 married couples with children There were 15 single parents with a child or children. There were 2 households that were made up of unrelated people and 11 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 79 single family homes (or 42.9% of the total) out of a total of 184 inhabited buildings. There were 68 multi-family buildings (37.0%), along with 21 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (11.4%) and 16 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (8.7%).
, a total of 192 apartments (54.1% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 153 apartments (43.1%) were seasonally occupied and 10 apartments (2.8%) were empty.
Of the population in the municipality 33 or about 50.8% were born in Geschinen and lived there in 2000. There were 19 or 29.2% who were born in the same canton, while 10 or 15.4% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 3 or 4.6% were born outside of Switzerland. , there were 24 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 35 married individuals, 2 widows or widowers and 4 individuals who are divorced.
There were 9 households that consist of only one person and 1 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 31 households that answered this question, 29.0% were households made up of just one person. Of the rest of the households, there are 12 married couples without children, 6 married couples with children There were 2 single parents with a child or children. There were 2 households that were made up of unrelated people.
there were 33 single family homes (or 51.6% of the total) out of a total of 64 inhabited buildings. There were 17 multi-family buildings (26.6%), along with 9 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (14.1%) and 5 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (7.8%).
, a total of 28 apartments (30.1% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 54 apartments (58.1%) were seasonally occupied and 11 apartments (11.8%) were empty.
. The entire villages of Münster and Geschinen are both part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites
.
the most popular party was the CVP
which received 68.41% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP
(17.22%), the SP
(8.61%) and the Green Party
(2.32%). In the federal election, a total of 231 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 57.8%.
In the 2009 Conseil d'Etat/Staatsrat
election a total of 173 votes were cast, of which 17 or about 9.8% were invalid. The voter participation was 46.1%, which is much less than the cantonal average of 54.67%. In the 2007 Swiss Council of States election
election a total of 235 votes were cast, of which 4 or about 1.7% were invalid. The voter participation was 61.2%, which is similar to the cantonal average of 59.88%.
the total number of full-time equivalent
jobs was 209. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 20, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 54 of which 1 was in manufacturing and 51 (94.4%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 135. In the tertiary sector; 50 or 37.0% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 5 or 3.7% were in the movement and storage of goods, 54 or 40.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was the insurance or financial industry, 4 or 3.0% were technical professionals or scientists, 2 or 1.5% were in education and 7 or 5.2% were in health care.
Of the working population, 5.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 34.4% used a private car.
. Of the rest of the population, there were 12 members of an Orthodox church
(or about 2.64% of the population). There were 29 (or about 6.37% of the population) who were Islam
ic. 5 (or about 1.10% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 31 individuals (or about 6.81% of the population) did not answer the question.
From the in Geschinen, 56 or 86.2% were Roman Catholic, while 6 or 9.2% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. 3 (or about 4.62% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist.
). Of the 33 who completed tertiary schooling, 72.7% were Swiss men, 18.2% were Swiss women.
, there were 131 students in Münster who came from another municipality, while 17 residents attended schools outside the municipality.
Münster is home to the Regionalbibliothek Obergoms library. The library has 6,384 books or other media, and loaned out 11,748 items in the same year. It was open a total of 156 days with average of 6 hours per week during that year.
In Geschinen about 21 or (32.3%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 5 or (7.7%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). Of the 5 who completed tertiary schooling, 80.0% were Swiss men, 0.0% were Swiss women. , there were 8 students from Geschinen who attended schools outside the municipality.
Municipalities of Switzerland
Communes , also known as municipalities, are the smallest government division in Switzerland, numbering 2,596 . While many have a population of a few hundred citizens, the largest cities such as Zürich or Geneva also have the legal status of municipalities...
in the district of Goms in the canton
Cantons of Switzerland
The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the federal state of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereign state with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848...
of Valais
Valais
The Valais is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland in the southwestern part of the country, around the valley of the Rhône from its headwaters to Lake Geneva, separating the Pennine Alps from the Bernese Alps. The canton is one of the drier parts of Switzerland in its central Rhône valley...
in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
. It was formed in 2004 from the union of the municipalities of Münster and Geschinen.
History
Münster is first mentioned in 1221 as Musterium. Geschinen is first mentioned in 1327 as Gessinon.Geography
Münster-Geschinen has an area, , of 48.6 square kilometre. Of this area, 32.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 19.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.0% is settled (buildings or roads) and 47.2% is unproductive land.Trützisee
Trützisee
Trützisee is a lake above Geschinen in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland....
is located at an elevation of 2579 m (8,461.3 ft), below Löffelhorn
Löffelhorn
Löffelhorn is a mountain in the Bernese Alps in Switzerland.-External links:*...
(3095 m (10,154.2 ft)).
Demographics
Münster-Geschinen has a population of . , 12.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of -9.2%. It has changed at a rate of -11.3% due to migration and at a rate of -5.5% due to births and deaths., the gender distribution of the population was 54.8% male and 45.2% female. The population was made up of 22 Swiss men (52.4% of the population) and 1 (2.4%) non-Swiss men. There were 17 Swiss women (40.5%) and 2 (4.8%) non-Swiss women.
The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 22.7% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 53.3% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 24%.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.53 which is less people per room than the cantonal average of 0.63 per room. In this case, a room is defined as space of a housing unit of at least 4 m² (43 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 77.3% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage
Mortgage loan
A mortgage loan is a loan secured by real property through the use of a mortgage note which evidences the existence of the loan and the encumbrance of that realty through the granting of a mortgage which secures the loan...
or a rent-to-own agreement).
, the construction rate of new housing units was 27 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 3.95%.
Münster demographics
In Münster most of the population speaks GermanGerman language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
(407 or 89.5%) as their first language, Serbo-Croatian
Serbo-Croatian
Serbo-Croatian or Serbo-Croat, less commonly Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian , is a South Slavic language with multiple standards and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro...
is the second most common (17 or 3.7%) and Albanian
Albanian language
Albanian is an Indo-European language spoken by approximately 7.6 million people, primarily in Albania and Kosovo but also in other areas of the Balkans in which there is an Albanian population, including western Macedonia, southern Montenegro, southern Serbia and northwestern Greece...
is the third (12 or 2.6%). There are 5 people who speak French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
.
Of the population in the municipality 229 or about 50.3% were born in Münster and lived there in 2000. There were 101 or 22.2% who were born in the same canton, while 51 or 11.2% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 59 or 13.0% were born outside of Switzerland. , there were 168 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 243 married individuals, 36 widows or widowers and 8 individuals who are divorced.
There were 79 households that consist of only one person and 14 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 214 households that answered this question, 36.9% were households made up of just one person and there were 2 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 61 married couples without children, 44 married couples with children There were 15 single parents with a child or children. There were 2 households that were made up of unrelated people and 11 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 79 single family homes (or 42.9% of the total) out of a total of 184 inhabited buildings. There were 68 multi-family buildings (37.0%), along with 21 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (11.4%) and 16 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (8.7%).
, a total of 192 apartments (54.1% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 153 apartments (43.1%) were seasonally occupied and 10 apartments (2.8%) were empty.
Geschinen demographics
In Geschinen, all of the population, 65 people , speaks German.Of the population in the municipality 33 or about 50.8% were born in Geschinen and lived there in 2000. There were 19 or 29.2% who were born in the same canton, while 10 or 15.4% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 3 or 4.6% were born outside of Switzerland. , there were 24 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 35 married individuals, 2 widows or widowers and 4 individuals who are divorced.
There were 9 households that consist of only one person and 1 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 31 households that answered this question, 29.0% were households made up of just one person. Of the rest of the households, there are 12 married couples without children, 6 married couples with children There were 2 single parents with a child or children. There were 2 households that were made up of unrelated people.
there were 33 single family homes (or 51.6% of the total) out of a total of 64 inhabited buildings. There were 17 multi-family buildings (26.6%), along with 9 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (14.1%) and 5 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (7.8%).
, a total of 28 apartments (30.1% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 54 apartments (58.1%) were seasonally occupied and 11 apartments (11.8%) were empty.
Heritage sites of national significance
The Church of St. Maria with Cemetery Chapel is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significanceSwiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance
The Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance is a register of some 8,300 items of cultural property in Switzerland...
. The entire villages of Münster and Geschinen are both part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites
Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites
The Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites is part of a 1981 Ordinance of the Swiss Federal Council implementing the Federal Law on the Protection of Nature and Cultural Heritage.-Sites of national importance:-Types:...
.
Politics
In the 2007 federal electionSwiss federal election, 2007
Elections to the Swiss Federal Assembly, the federal parliament of Switzerland, were held on Sunday, 21 October 2007. In a few cantons, a second round of the elections to the Council of States was held on 11 November, 18 November, and 25 November 2007...
the most popular party was the CVP
Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland
The Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland is a Christian democratic political party in Switzerland. It is the fourth-largest party in the National Council, with 31 seats, and the largest in the Council of States, with 15 seats. It has one seat, that of Doris Leuthard, on the Swiss...
which received 68.41% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP
Swiss People's Party
The Swiss People's Party , also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre , is a conservative political party in Switzerland. Chaired by Toni Brunner, but spearheaded by Christoph Blocher, the party is the largest party in the Federal Assembly, with 58 members of the National Council and 6 of...
(17.22%), the SP
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is the largest centre-left political party in Switzerland....
(8.61%) and the Green Party
Green Party of Switzerland
The Green Party of Switzerland is the fifth-largest party in the National Council of Switzerland, and the largest party that is not represented on the Federal Council.-History:...
(2.32%). In the federal election, a total of 231 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
Voter turnout
Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election . After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1960s...
was 57.8%.
In the 2009 Conseil d'Etat/Staatsrat
Conseil d'Etat (Switzerland)
In Switzerland, Conseil d'Etat is the name of the council constituting the cantonal government of French-speaking cantons. It is not to be confused with the Conseil des États which is a chamber of the Swiss parliament....
election a total of 173 votes were cast, of which 17 or about 9.8% were invalid. The voter participation was 46.1%, which is much less than the cantonal average of 54.67%. In the 2007 Swiss Council of States election
Swiss Council of States election, 2007
Elections were held to the Council of States of Switzerland in October and November 2007 as part of the 2007 federal election. All 46 members of the Council of States were elected from all cantons of Switzerland. The first round was held on 21 October...
election a total of 235 votes were cast, of which 4 or about 1.7% were invalid. The voter participation was 61.2%, which is similar to the cantonal average of 59.88%.
Economy
, Münster-Geschinen had an unemployment rate of 1.6%. , there were 34 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 17 businesses involved in this sector. 57 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 7 businesses in this sector. 164 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 34 businesses in this sector.the total number of full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent , is a unit to measure employed persons or students in a way that makes them comparable although they may work or study a different number of hours per week. FTE is often used to measure a worker's involvement in a project, or to track cost reductions in an organization...
jobs was 209. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 20, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 54 of which 1 was in manufacturing and 51 (94.4%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 135. In the tertiary sector; 50 or 37.0% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 5 or 3.7% were in the movement and storage of goods, 54 or 40.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was the insurance or financial industry, 4 or 3.0% were technical professionals or scientists, 2 or 1.5% were in education and 7 or 5.2% were in health care.
Of the working population, 5.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 34.4% used a private car.
Münster economy
There were 217 residents of Münster who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 40.6% of the workforce. , there were 71 workers who commuted into the municipality and 67 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 1.1 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving.Geschinen economy
There were 27 residents of Geschinen who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 33.3% of the workforce. , there were 14 workers who commuted into the municipality and 13 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 1.1 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving.Religion
From the in Münster, 354 or 77.8% were Roman Catholic, while 24 or 5.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed ChurchSwiss Reformed Church
The Reformed branch of Protestantism in Switzerland was started in Zürich by Huldrych Zwingli and spread within a few years to Basel , Bern , St...
. Of the rest of the population, there were 12 members of an Orthodox church
Orthodox Christianity
The term Orthodox Christianity may refer to:* the Eastern Orthodox Church and its various geographical subdivisions...
(or about 2.64% of the population). There were 29 (or about 6.37% of the population) who were Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
ic. 5 (or about 1.10% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
Agnosticism
Agnosticism is the view that the truth value of certain claims—especially claims about the existence or non-existence of any deity, but also other religious and metaphysical claims—is unknown or unknowable....
or atheist
Atheism
Atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities. In a narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities...
, and 31 individuals (or about 6.81% of the population) did not answer the question.
From the in Geschinen, 56 or 86.2% were Roman Catholic, while 6 or 9.2% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. 3 (or about 4.62% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist.
Education
In Münster about 164 or (36.0%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 33 or (7.3%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a FachhochschuleFachhochschule
A Fachhochschule or University of Applied Sciences is a German type of tertiary education institution, sometimes specialized in certain topical areas . Fachhochschulen were founded in Germany and later adopted by Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Greece...
). Of the 33 who completed tertiary schooling, 72.7% were Swiss men, 18.2% were Swiss women.
, there were 131 students in Münster who came from another municipality, while 17 residents attended schools outside the municipality.
Münster is home to the Regionalbibliothek Obergoms library. The library has 6,384 books or other media, and loaned out 11,748 items in the same year. It was open a total of 156 days with average of 6 hours per week during that year.
In Geschinen about 21 or (32.3%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 5 or (7.7%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). Of the 5 who completed tertiary schooling, 80.0% were Swiss men, 0.0% were Swiss women. , there were 8 students from Geschinen who attended schools outside the municipality.