Blitzingen is a former municipality in the district of Goms in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

[2] Blitzingen had an area, as of 2011[update], of 11.8 square kilometers (4.6 sq mi).

[3] It consists of the village of Blitzingen and the hamlets of Ammere, Bodme, Wiler and Gadme.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, issuant from a cliff Vert a flag per fess Gules and Argent two Crosses couped counterchanged staffed of the third and finialed Or, issuant from sinister a Thunderbolt Or, in Chief two Mullets Or.

[3] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (92 or 92.9%) as their first language with the rest speaking Serbo-Croatian[6] As of 2008[update], the gender distribution of the population was 51.9% male and 48.1% female.

[10] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 59.26% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 28 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 50.9%.

[12] In the 2007 Swiss Council of States election a total of 28 votes were cast, of which 2 or about 7.1% were invalid.

[3] There were 49 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 40.8% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 1 was in the sale or repair of motor vehicles and 16 or 84.2% were in a hotel or restaurant.

[3] From the 2000 census[update], 81 or 81.8% were Roman Catholic, while 2 or 2.0% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.