What is Obergesteln?
{{Infobox Swiss town | subject_name = Obergesteln | municipality_name = Obergesteln | municipality_type = former | imagepath_coa = Obergesteln.png|pixel_coa= | map = | languages = German | canton = Valais | iso-code-region = CH-VS | district = [[Goms (district)|Goms]] |coordinates={{coord|46|30|N|8|19|E|display=inline,title}} | postal_code = 3988 | municipality_code = 6065 | area = 14.6 | elevation = 1355|elevation_description= | population = 209 | populationof = Dec 2007 | website = www.obergesteln.ch | mayor = |mayor_asof= |mayor_party= | mayor_title = |list_of_mayors = | places = | demonym = | neighboring_municipalities= [[Guttannen]] (BE), [[Oberwald]], [[Ulrichen]] | twintowns = }} '''Obergesteln''' is a village and former [[municipality]] in the [[district]] of [[Goms (district)|Goms]] in the [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Valais]] in [[Switzerland]]. On 1 January 2009, the former municipalities of Obergesteln, [[Oberwald]] and [[Ulrichen]] merged into the new municipality of [[Obergoms]]. [[File:Obergesteln2.JPG|thumb|left|250px|Obergesteln]] {{Switzerland-stub}} [[Category:Villages in Valais]] [[Category:Former municipalities of Valais]]