Münster-Geschinen is a former municipality in the district of Goms in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

[4] Münster-Geschinen had an area, as of 2011[update], of 48.6 square kilometers (18.8 sq mi).

[5] In Münster most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (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%).

[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][4][10] The Church of St. Maria with Cemetery Chapel is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

The entire villages of Münster and Geschinen are both part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[11] In the 2007, federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 68.41% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 231 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 57.8%.

[13] In the 2007, Swiss Council of States election a total of 235 votes were cast, of which 4 or about 1.7% were invalid.

[5] In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 209.

In the tertiary sector; 50 or 37.0% were in wholesale or retail sales or the 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.

[5] There were 217 residents of Münster who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 40.6% of the workforce.

[16] There were 27 residents of Geschinen who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 33.3% of the workforce.

[16] From the 2000 census[update] in Münster, 354 or 77.8% were Roman Catholic, while 24 or 5.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

[8] From the 2000 census[update] in Geschinen, 56 or 86.2% were Roman Catholic, while 6 or 9.2% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

The library has (as of 2008[update]) 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.

[8] As of 2000[update], there were 8 students from Geschinen who attended schools outside the municipality.