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Bezirk Brig

Valais

Bezirk Brig is one of 13 districts of the canton of Valais and comprises 7 municipalities with 29'225 residents in all (BFS, 2025). A district is an administrative unit of the canton — a court and administrative area, not a postal delivery area: postal codes and localities follow delivery routes and can cross district borders.

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Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 12.08.2026

Votes in Bezirk Brig

district results as published by BFS
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 12.08.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023 · sum of its municipalities
Mitte49.6% · strongest party
Mitte49.6%
SVP29.9%
SP9.8%
GRÜNE4.3%
FDP4.0%
GLP2.3%
PdA/Sol.0.1%
Brig-Glis
100 %
median of its municipalities
110 %
Eggerberg
130 %

A district has no tax rate of its own. Rates range from 100 % % in Brig-Glis to 130 % % in Eggerberg (median 110 % %).

Tax burden (single, CHF 100,000): 13.7 % in Brig-Glis to 16.7 % in Eggerberg (ESTV 2'026)

Vacancy rate
0.7 %
Dwellings
18'357
Avg. rooms
3.6
Built before 1946
16.0%

Vacancy rate: published by BFS for the district (2025) · Dwellings: sum of its municipalities (2024)

Population change

BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalities
Population change 2025
+291 +1%
births
223
deaths
255
net migration
+345
BEVNAT (Statistik der natürlichen Bevölkerungsbewegung) 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Economy

BFS · 2024 · sum of its municipalities
Jobs
14'283
Workplaces
2'089
Services share
81.5 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 455 (3.2%) · Secondary 2'142 (15.0%) · Tertiary 11'647 (81.5%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 11.09.2026

Agriculture

BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalities
Farms
165
Organic share
19.4 %
Farmland
2'115 ha
Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Climate · Terrain

MeteoSchweiz · swisstopo
Annual mean temperature
1.7 °C
Precipitation
1'294 mm
Elevation
651–4'182 m
Flat share
2.6%

Climate: area-weighted over its municipalities · Terrain: swissALTIRegio 40 m, zonal over the district polygon

Energy · Accessibility

BFE · ElCom · ARE
Solar potential
235 GWh
Electricity
26.9 Rp./kWh
Public transport to centre
111 min
Road to centre
109 min

Solar potential: sum of its municipalities · Electricity: median of its municipalities (10.9326.909 Rp./kWh, 2027). ElCom publishes a median per municipality; the district value is our median of those. · Accessibility: median of its municipalities

Map

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Which municipalities belong to Bezirk Brig?
Bezirk Brig comprises 7 municipalities: Brig-Glis, Naters, Ried-Brig, Termen, Eggerberg, Simplon, Zwischbergen. Together they have 29'225 residents (BFS, 2025).
Which canton is Bezirk Brig in?
Bezirk Brig lies in the canton of Valais, which is divided into 13 districts.
How many people live in Bezirk Brig?
Bezirk Brig has 29'225 residents (BFS STATPOP, 2025) — the sum of its 7 municipalities; the largest is Brig-Glis with 14'197.
Does Bezirk Brig have its own tax rate?
No. Tax rates are set by municipalities. In Bezirk Brig the municipal rate ranges from 100 % (Brig-Glis) to 130 % (Eggerberg).
How did Bezirk Brig vote in the latest federal vote?
On 14.06.2026, Bezirk Brig voted 58.3 % yes on “Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)” (Accepted) — the district figure BFS publishes.

Districts exist in 17 cantons; UR, OW, NW, GL, ZG, BS, AI, NE and GE have no such level.