Demographics
BFS · 2025Women
5'414 50.2%
Men
5'377 49.8%
Children & youth (0–19)
2'012 18.6%
Swiss citizens
8'644 80.1%
Foreign residents
2'147 19.9%
Population density
73 pop./km²
0–19 · 2'012 · 18.6%20–64 · 6'272 · 58.1%65+ · 2'507 · 23.2%
Foreign residents 19.9%0%64.0%
Population change 2025: +117 (+1.1%) · 80 births · 96 deaths · net migration +146
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
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
18.6% YesNo 81.4%
27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Brig: 29.8% Yes
31.0% YesNo 69.0%
14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Brig: 58.3% Yes
56.8% YesNo 43.3%
14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Brig: 52.2% Yes
53.1% YesNo 46.9%
08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Brig: 36.3% Yes
35.2% YesNo 64.8%
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
19.1% YesNo 80.9%
08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Brig: 42.3% Yes
44.5% YesNo 55.5%
08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Brig: 36.8% Yes
40.0% YesNo 60.0%
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
73.4% YesNo 26.6%
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
45.5% YesNo 54.5%
Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 04.10.2026
Politics
National Council election 2023Mitte50.1% · strongest party
Mitte50.1%
SVP30.6%
SP10.2%
GRÜNE3.8%
FDP3.3%
sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 25.09.2026
Taxes 2026
ESTVMunicipal tax multiplier110%
Cantonal tax multiplier100%
110%VS range 100%145%
Tax rank 23 of 122 in canton ValaisTax burden
Single, 100'000 CHF gross income
14'257 CHF(14.3%)
Rank 16 of 122 in the canton · 875 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
100'000 CHF:14'257 CHF(~14.3%)
NatersCanton range ValaisSwitzerland median
Show data table
| Gross income | Naters | Valais | Switzerland median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40'000 | 4.4% | 4.2–5.8% | 5.4% |
| 50'000 | 7.8% | 7.5–10.3% | 7.8% |
| 60'000 | 9.2% | 8.8–12% | 10.5% |
| 70'000 | 10.6% | 10.2–13.5% | 11.9% |
| 80'000 | 11.9% | 11.4–14.9% | 13.1% |
| 90'000 | 12.9% | 12.4–16% | 14.1% |
| 100'000 | 14.3% | 13.7–17.3% | 15.3% |
| 110'000 | 15.4% | 14.8–18.5% | 16.3% |
| 120'000 | 16.5% | 15.9–19.6% | 17.2% |
| 130'000 | 17.6% | 17–20.8% | 18.1% |
| 140'000 | 18.8% | 18.1–22% | 19% |
| 150'000 | 19.8% | 19.1–23% | 19.7% |
| 175'000 | 22.5% | 21.8–25.7% | 21.6% |
| 200'000 | 24.6% | 23.9–27.7% | 23.2% |
| 225'000 | 25.9% | 25.1–28.9% | 24.6% |
| 250'000 | 26.8% | 26–30% | 25.8% |
| 275'000 | 27.6% | 26.8–30.8% | 26.8% |
| 300'000 | 28.2% | 27.4–31.6% | 27.4% |
2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026
Climate
MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020Annual mean temperature 1991–20206 °C
Territorial mean (incl. peaks)0.4 °C
Precipitation 1991–2020787 mm
6 °CCH range -5.5°14°
1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026
Terrain
swisstopo · DHM 40 mHighest point
4'182 m
Mean elevation
2'360 m
Relief
3'522 m
Mean slope
31.1°
Flat share
2.2%
South-facing
39.0%
Above 2000 m
71.6%
Relief 3'522 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
Roof potential
81.4 GWh/yr
Roofs + façades
120.8 GWh/yr
≈ households powered
18'100
Per inhabitant
7'546 kWh/yr
81 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 · 2027Tariff 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 · 2024Premium regionRegion 2
Standard model, deductible 300522 CHF/mo
Ø premium in canton Valais391 CHF/mo
Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo
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 · AREVacancy rate
0.99 %
Second homes
32 %
Avg. rooms
3.6
Dwellings
7'576
Built before 194615.5%
Built since 200125.2%
Second Homes Act: no new second-home permits (official building restriction in force).
0.99 %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 · 2024Jobs
2'502
Workplaces
602
Services share
75.9 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 220 (8.8%) · Secondary 384 (15.3%) · Tertiary 1'898 (75.9%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026
Agriculture
BFS · 2025Farms
76
Organic share
21.1 %
Farmland
787 ha
Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026
Accessibility
ARE · NPVMNational Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 24.09.2026
Municipality
Wikidata · CC0BFS municipality number6007
Head of governmentFranz Ruppen · Schweizerische Volkspartei
Websitenaters.ch ↗
DistrictBezirk Brig
Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026
Largest municipalities10'791 #7 VS · #159 CHGrowing municipalities1.1% #51 VS · #737 CHShrinking municipalities1.1% #72 VS · #1375 CHJobs per resident0.23 #93 VS · #1653 CHFamilies & children18.6% #53 VS · #1564 CHAge structure23.2% #60 VS · #635 CHWomen share50.2% #35 VS · #826 CHForeign residents19.9% #48 VS · #878 CHPopulation density73/km² #50 VS · #1631 CHTax burden14'257 #18 VS · #877 CHTaxes110% #23 VSWarmest municipalities6 °C #82 VS · #1948 CHSunniest municipalities53.4% #65 VS · #145 CHRainiest municipalities787 mm #74 VS · #2051 CHVoter turnout52.3% #77 VS · #1560 CHAgainst Switzerland18.6% #37 VS · #641 CHAligned with Switzerland81.4% #25 VS · #852 CHSVP strongholds30.6% #36 VS · #1238 CHSP strongholds10.2% #58 VS · #1510 CHCentre strongholds50.1% #44 VS · #80 CHFDP strongholds3.3% #78 VS · #1965 CHGLP strongholds2% #40 VS · #1765 CHGreen strongholds3.8% #77 VS · #1768 CHLargest by area147.2 km² #8 VS · #35 CHHighest municipalities2'774 m #1 VS · #2 CHSecond homes32% #77 VS · #248 CHOrganic farming21.1% #49 VS · #599 CHBest-connected municipalities99 min #37 VS · #1700 CHRemotest municipalities99 min #86 VS · #423 CHHighest peaks4'182 m #12 VS · #13 CHHighest-lying municipalities2'360 m #20 VS · #32 CHGreatest vertical range3'522 m #3 VS · #3 CHSteepest municipalities31.1° #21 VS · #65 CHSolar potential81 GWh #13 VS · #138 CHSolar potential per capita7'546 kWh #110 VS · #1560 CHCheapest electricity26.91 Rp./kWh #90 VS · #1101 CHMost expensive electricity26.91 Rp./kWh #25 VS · #998 CH
Postal codes (4)
swisstopoLocalities
swisstopo · 6Nearby municipalities
swisstopo- What is the postal code of Naters?
- Naters has 4 postal codes: 3900, 3903, 3904, 3914.
- What is the tax rate in Naters?
- The municipal tax multiplier of Naters is 110% (2026); canton VS levies 100%.
- How much tax do you pay in Naters?
- A single person without children pays about 14'257 CHF income tax in Naters on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 16 of 122 in canton VS. Source: ESTV (2026).
- How many residents does Naters have?
- Naters has 10'791 residents (2025).
- How many foreign residents live in Naters?
- Naters has 2'147 foreign residents, a share of 19.9% (2025).
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