page_title: Grafschaft, Switzerland
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Grafschaft, Switzerland / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Muttergotteskapelle im Ritzinger Feld (Church in the Ritzinger Fields in Valais (Switzerland)
context_page_description: Grafschaft is a former municipality in the district of Goms in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. In 2000 the municipality was created with the merger of Biel, Ritzingen and Selkingen. On 1 January 2017 the former municipalities of Grafschaft, Blitzingen, Münster-Geschinen, Niederwald and Reckingen-Gluringen merged into the new municipality of Goms.
context_section_description: Grafschaft had an area, as of 2011, of 22.6 square kilometers (8.7 sq mi).  Of this area, 27.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 20.4% is forested.  Of the rest of the land, 1.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and 50.4% is unproductive land.
caption: Muttergottes chapel outside Ritzinger
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