Ulrichen
title: "Ulrichen" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["former-municipalities-of-valais"] topic_path: "general/former-municipalities-of-valais" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulrichen" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox Swiss town"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| subject_name | Ulrichen |
| image_photo | 20091208 oberwald 12.jpg |
| image_caption | Ulrichen in December 2009 |
| within_municipality | Obergoms |
| municipality_type | former |
| imagepath_coa | Ulrichen.png |
| imagepath_flag | Flag of Ulrichen.gif |
| canton | Valais |
| iso-code-region | CH-VS |
| district | Goms |
| coordinates | |
| postal_code | 3988 |
| area | 44.4 |
| elevation | 1346 |
| population | 219 |
| populationof | December 2007 |
| popofyear | 2007 |
| website | www.ulrichen.ch |
| :: |
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Ulrichen is a village in the municipality of Obergoms in the district of Goms in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. The population () was 219.
Ulrichen was an independent municipality until January 1, 2009, when it merged with Oberwald and Obergesteln to form the municipality Obergoms.
In Ulrichen, an airport is located.
Climate
Ulrichen has a Subarctic climate (Dfc) according to the Köppen Climate Classification, bordering a Warm-Summer humid continental climate (Dfb). Precipitation is spread evenly throughout the year. The town is known to receive high amounts of snow during the winter months.
|location = Ulrichen, elevation 1346 m, (1991–2020) |metric first = Yes |single line = Yes |Jan high C = -0.8 |Feb high C = 1.7 |Mar high C = 5.9 |Apr high C = 9.9 |May high C = 14.9 |Jun high C = 19.4 |Jul high C = 21.8 |Aug high C = 21.3 |Sep high C = 17.3 |Oct high C = 12.6 |Nov high C = 5.1 |Dec high C = -0.3 |year high C = 10.7 |Jan mean C = -7.2 |Feb mean C = -5.4 |Mar mean C = -0.4 |Apr mean C = 3.9 |May mean C = 8.7 |Jun mean C = 12.6 |Jul mean C = 14.6 |Aug mean C = 14.0 |Sep mean C = 10.0 |Oct mean C = 5.5 |Nov mean C = -0.7 |Dec mean C = -5.6 |year mean C = 4.2 |Jan low C = -13.0 |Feb low C = -12.1 |Mar low C = -6.5 |Apr low C = -1.8 |May low C = 2.4 |Jun low C = 5.5 |Jul low C = 7.5 |Aug low C = 7.3 |Sep low C = 3.8 |Oct low C = 0.2 |Nov low C = -5.2 |Dec low C = -10.6 |year low C = -1.9 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 97.0 |Feb precipitation mm = 81.4 |Mar precipitation mm = 89.3 |Apr precipitation mm = 87.6 |May precipitation mm = 116.0 |Jun precipitation mm = 95.3 |Jul precipitation mm = 86.3 |Aug precipitation mm = 100.4 |Sep precipitation mm = 88.9 |Oct precipitation mm = 106.7 |Nov precipitation mm = 124.2 |Dec precipitation mm = 109.7 |year precipitation mm = 1182.8 |Jan snow cm = 114.8 |Feb snow cm = 132.6 |Mar snow cm = 85.4 |Apr snow cm = 26.3 |May snow cm = 7.1 |Jun snow cm = 0.2 |Jul snow cm = 0.0 |Aug snow cm = 0.0 |Sep snow cm = 0.1 |Oct snow cm = 13.5 |Nov snow cm = 81.5 |Dec snow cm = 116.6 |year snow cm = |unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm |Jan precipitation days = 9.6 |Feb precipitation days = 9.0 |Mar precipitation days = 9.0 |Apr precipitation days = 8.9 |May precipitation days = 11.3 |Jun precipitation days = 10.9 |Jul precipitation days = 11.0 |Aug precipitation days = 11.3 |Sep precipitation days = 9.0 |Oct precipitation days = 9.2 |Nov precipitation days = 10.6 |Dec precipitation days = 10.2 |year precipitation days = 120.0 |unit snow days = 1.0 cm |Jan snow days = 9.5 |Feb snow days = 10.1 |Mar snow days = 8.3 |Apr snow days = 4.4 |May snow days = 0.9 |Jun snow days = 0.1 |Jul snow days = 0.0 |Aug snow days = 0.0 |Sep snow days = 0.1 |Oct snow days = 1.4 |Nov snow days = 8.9 |Dec snow days = 10.8 |year snow days = |Jan humidity = 84 |Feb humidity = 79 |Mar humidity = 74 |Apr humidity = 69 |May humidity = 69 |Jun humidity = 70 |Jul humidity = 70 |Aug humidity = 73 |Sep humidity = 76 |Oct humidity = 79 |Nov humidity = 84 |Dec humidity = 85 |year humidity = 76 |Jan sun = 70.9 |Feb sun = 103.6 |Mar sun = 152.7 |Apr sun = 153.0 |May sun = 170.5 |Jun sun = 199.2 |Jul sun = 215.6 |Aug sun = 192.1 |Sep sun = 160.7 |Oct sun = 126.0 |Nov sun = 66.8 |Dec sun = 54.1 |year sun = 1665.2 |Jan percentsun = 49 |Feb percentsun = 51 |Mar percentsun = 52 |Apr percentsun = 49 |May percentsun = 46 |Jun percentsun = 52 |Jul percentsun = 57 |Aug percentsun = 56 |Sep percentsun = 55 |Oct percentsun = 49 |Nov percentsun = 41 |Dec percentsun = 47 |year percentsun = 51 | source 1 = NOAA{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20241213081520/https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/archive/arc0216/0253808/5.5/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Switzerland/CSV/Ulrichen_06745.csv | archive-date = 13 December 2024 | url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/archive/arc0216/0253808/5.5/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Switzerland/CSV/Ulrichen_06745.csv | title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991–2020 | work = World Meteorological Organization Climatological Standard Normals (1991–2020) | publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | access-date = 13 December 2024}} |source 2 = MeteoSwiss (snow 1981–2010){{cite web | url = https://www.meteoswiss.admin.ch/product/output/climate-data/climate-diagrams-normal-values-station-processing/ULR/climsheet_ULR_np9120_e.pdf | title = Climate Normals Ulrichen (Reference period 1991−2020) | publisher = Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology, MeteoSwiss | access-date = 29 January 2022 | archive-date = 29 January 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220129201136/https://www.meteoswiss.admin.ch/product/output/climate-data/climate-diagrams-normal-values-station-processing/ULR/climsheet_ULR_np9120_e.pdf | url-status = dead | url = http://www.meteoswiss.admin.ch/files/kd/climsheet/en/ULR_norm8110.pdf | title = Climate Normals Ulrichen 1981–2010 | work = Climate diagrams and normals from Swiss measuring stations | publisher = Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology (MeteoSwiss) | access-date = 17 October 2014
References
References
- Bundesamt fur Statistik (Federal Department of Statistics). (2008). "Bilanz der ständigen Wohnbevölkerung (Total) nach Bezirken und Gemeinden".
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