What is the postal code of Brig-Glis?

Brig-Glis has 2 postal codes: 3900, 3902.

What is the tax rate in Brig-Glis?

The municipal tax multiplier of Brig-Glis is 100% (2026); canton VS levies 100%.

How much tax do you pay in Brig-Glis?

A single person without children pays about 13'690 CHF income tax in Brig-Glis on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 1 of 122 in canton VS. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Brig-Glis have?

Brig-Glis has 14'197 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Brig-Glis?

Brig-Glis has 3'279 foreign residents, a share of 23.1% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton VS · Bezirk Brig

Brig-Glis

3900–3902

Relief © swisstopo · TINITALY · geoland.at · LGL · IGN · swissTLM3D · swissTLMRegio

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

7'204 50.7%

Men

6'993 49.3%

Children & youth (0–19)

2'526 17.8%

Swiss citizens

10'918 76.9%

Foreign residents

3'279 23.1%

Population density

377 pop./km²

0–19 · 2'526 · 17.8%20–64 · 8'441 · 59.5%65+ · 3'230 · 22.8%

Foreign residents 23.1%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +112 (+0.8%) · 106 births · 131 deaths · net migration +139

STATPOP 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026 · swisstopo, retrieved 24.09.2026 · BEVNAT (Statistik der natürlichen Bevölkerungsbewegung) 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Vote results for Brig-Glis

BFS

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'For food security – through increased sustainable domestic production, more plant-based food and clean drinking water (Food Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 27.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Brig: 18.4% Yes

19.7% YesNo 80.3%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Brig: 29.8% Yes

28.9% YesNo 71.1%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Brig: 58.3% Yes

58.1% YesNo 41.9%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Brig: 52.2% Yes

51.0% YesNo 49.0%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Brig: 36.3% Yes

37.7% YesNo 62.3%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘For a fair energy and climate policy: Investing for prosperity, jobs and the environment (Climate Fund Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 29.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Brig: 20.0% Yes

21.8% YesNo 78.2%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Brig: 42.3% Yes

40.4% YesNo 59.6%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Brig: 36.8% Yes

34.7% YesNo 65.4%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Brig: 74.4% Yes

74.5% YesNo 25.5%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative 'Yes to an independent and free Swiss currency with coins or banknotes (Cash is freedom)'Federal● Rejected · 45.6% YesDistrict Bezirk Brig: 42.1% Yes

40.5% YesNo 59.5%

All federal votes →

Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 04.10.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023

Mitte46.6% · strongest party

Mitte46.6%

SVP30.2%

SP10.8%

GRÜNE4.9%

FDP4.9%

sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 25.09.2026

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier100%

Cantonal tax multiplier100%

100%VS range 100%145%

Tax rank 8 of 122 in canton Valais

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

13'690 CHF(13.7%)

Rank 1 of 122 in the canton · 746 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 15'413 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Bister VS 13'690 CHF · most expensive Grächen 17'302 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:13'690 CHF(~13.7%)

Brig-GlisCanton range ValaisSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Brig-Glis	Valais	Switzerland median
40'000	4.2%	4.2–5.8%	5.4%
50'000	7.5%	7.5–10.3%	7.8%
60'000	8.8%	8.8–12%	10.5%
70'000	10.2%	10.2–13.5%	11.9%
80'000	11.4%	11.4–14.9%	13.1%
90'000	12.4%	12.4–16%	14.1%
100'000	13.7%	13.7–17.3%	15.3%
110'000	14.8%	14.8–18.5%	16.3%
120'000	15.9%	15.9–19.6%	17.2%
130'000	17%	17–20.8%	18.1%
140'000	18.1%	18.1–22%	19%
150'000	19.1%	19.1–23%	19.7%
175'000	21.8%	21.8–25.7%	21.6%
200'000	23.9%	23.9–27.7%	23.2%
225'000	25.1%	25.1–28.9%	24.6%
250'000	26%	26–30%	25.8%
275'000	26.8%	26.8–30.8%	26.8%
300'000	27.4%	27.4–31.6%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20208.9 °C

Territorial mean (incl. peaks)5.3 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020742 mm

8.9 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

2'722 m

Mean elevation

1'447 m

Relief

2'071 m

Mean slope

29°

Flat share

11.0%

South-facing

6.3%

Above 2000 m

23.0%

Relief 2'071 m0 m3'847 m

Terrain figures cover the whole municipal territory (swisstopo swissALTIRegio) — not the settlement point. Slope and south-facing share are resolution-dependent and measured at 40 m.

swissALTIRegio 2026 · swisstopo, retrieved 28.08.2026

Solar potential

BFE

Roof potential

99.6 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

131.8 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

22'100

Per inhabitant

7'012 kWh/yr

100 GWh/yr01'133 GWh/yr

BFE solar factsheet ↗

Modelled roof and façade potential from the BFE solar model — the electricity these surfaces could produce, not installed capacity or what the municipality actually generates today. The household figure divides the roof potential by 4'500 kWh per year, ElCom’s reference household (consumption profile H4, a 5-room apartment).

Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE), retrieved 24.09.2026

Electricity

ElCom · 2027

Tariff H4

26.91 Rp./kWh

Energy

12.09 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

10.49 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.94 Rp./kWh

26.91 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 26.56 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator EnBAG Netze AG

ElCom tariff comparison ↗

How this is measured

Total household electricity price for ElCom consumption profile H4 — 4'500 kWh a year, a 5-room flat with electric stove and tumble dryer — standard product, excluding VAT, for the tariff year shown. Energy, grid usage, levies to public bodies and the federal grid surcharge are included. Canton and Swiss medians are ElCom's own published figures.

2027 · Federal Electricity Commission (ElCom), retrieved 12.09.2026

Health-insurance premiums

BAG · 2024

Premium regionRegion 2

Standard model, deductible 300522 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Valais391 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Brig-Glis →Canton Valais →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 2 of canton Valais. Shown is the average adult premium paid across the whole canton Valais (2024, BAG) — a region-specific average is not available in the cantonal data.

2024 · Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), retrieved 12.09.2026

Housing

BFS · ARE

Vacancy rate

0.27 %

Second homes

14.7 %

Avg. rooms

3.7

Dwellings

7'543

Built before 194612.2%

Built since 200126.2%

0.27 %0 %12 %

Vacancy rate from the BFS vacant-dwelling count (2025); building age and room count from the Buildings and Dwellings Statistics (2024). The average room count treats the ‘6 rooms or more’ class as 6, so it is a slight lower bound. The vacancy rate is volatile for small municipalities.

Buildings and Dwellings Statistics 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026 · Vacant dwellings survey 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026 · Dwelling inventory and second-home share 2026 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 24.09.2026

Economy

BFS · 2024

Jobs

10'916

Workplaces

1'225

Services share

84.5 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 81 (0.7%) · Secondary 1'611 (14.8%) · Tertiary 9'224 (84.5%)

STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

17.2 %

Farmland

283 ha

Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 96 min · Car 107 min

AgglomerationPT 10 min · Car 9 min

Remoteness 91/122 in canton

National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 24.09.2026

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number6002

Websitebrig-glis.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Brig

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Brig-Glis ranks

Largest municipalities14'197 #5 VS · #102 CH Growing municipalities0.8% #60 VS · #904 CH Shrinking municipalities0.8% #63 VS · #1208 CH Jobs per resident0.77 #7 VS · #172 CH Families & children17.8% #66 VS · #1703 CH Age structure22.8% #69 VS · #716 CH Women share50.7% #19 VS · #555 CH Foreign residents23.1% #35 VS · #647 CH Population density377/km² #13 VS · #647 CH Tax burden13'690 #4 VS · #749 CH Taxes100% #8 VS Warmest municipalities8.9 °C #32 VS · #1441 CH Sunniest municipalities53.6% #57 VS · #136 CH Rainiest municipalities742 mm #80 VS · #2059 CH Voter turnout50.9% #86 VS · #1710 CH Against Switzerland13.7% #70 VS · #1034 CH Aligned with Switzerland86.3% #2 VS · #490 CH SVP strongholds30.2% #39 VS · #1260 CH SP strongholds10.8% #53 VS · #1439 CH Centre strongholds46.6% #55 VS · #97 CH FDP strongholds4.9% #70 VS · #1865 CH GLP strongholds2.6% #21 VS · #1670 CH Green strongholds4.9% #68 VS · #1567 CH Largest by area37.7 km² #42 VS · #241 CH Highest municipalities691 m #87 VS · #618 CH Second homes14.7% #99 VS · #601 CH Organic farming17.2% #62 VS · #755 CH Best-connected municipalities96 min #31 VS · #1663 CH Remotest municipalities96 min #91 VS · #458 CH Highest peaks2'722 m #88 VS · #205 CH Highest-lying municipalities1'447 m #79 VS · #214 CH Greatest vertical range2'071 m #81 VS · #183 CH Steepest municipalities29° #44 VS · #124 CH Solar potential100 GWh #9 VS · #85 CH Solar potential per capita7'012 kWh #117 VS · #1674 CH Cheapest electricity26.91 Rp./kWh #89 VS · #1100 CH Most expensive electricity26.91 Rp./kWh #24 VS · #997 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 4

Brig3900 Brigerbad3900 Gamsen3900 Glis3902

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Brig-Glis?: Brig-Glis has 2 postal codes: 3900, 3902.
What is the tax rate in Brig-Glis?: The municipal tax multiplier of Brig-Glis is 100% (2026); canton VS levies 100%.
How much tax do you pay in Brig-Glis?: A single person without children pays about 13'690 CHF income tax in Brig-Glis on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 1 of 122 in canton VS. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Brig-Glis have?: Brig-Glis has 14'197 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Brig-Glis?: Brig-Glis has 3'279 foreign residents, a share of 23.1% (2025).

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