What is the postal code of Ried-Brig?

Ried-Brig has 4 postal codes: 3900, 3901, 3911, 3912.

What is the tax rate in Ried-Brig?

The municipal tax multiplier of Ried-Brig is 110% (2026); canton VS levies 100%.

How much tax do you pay in Ried-Brig?

A single person without children pays about 14'411 CHF income tax in Ried-Brig on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 27 of 122 in canton VS. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Ried-Brig have?

Ried-Brig has 2'327 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Ried-Brig?

Ried-Brig has 270 foreign residents, a share of 11.6% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton VS · Bezirk Brig

Ried-Brig

3900–3912

VS CANTON3900 3901 3911 3912

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'149 49.4%

Men

1'178 50.6%

Children & youth (0–19)

508 21.8%

Swiss citizens

2'057 88.4%

Foreign residents

270 11.6%

Population density

49 pop./km²

0–19 · 508 · 21.8%20–64 · 1'351 · 58.1%65+ · 468 · 20.1%

Foreign residents 11.6%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +17 (+0.7%) · 20 births · 15 deaths · net migration +20

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 Ried-Brig

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

16.2% YesNo 83.8%

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

30.0% YesNo 70.0%

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

63.1% YesNo 36.9%

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

53.8% YesNo 46.3%

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

30.3% YesNo 69.7%

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

15.7% YesNo 84.3%

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

43.5% YesNo 56.5%

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

34.0% YesNo 66.0%

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

76.4% YesNo 23.6%

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

37.1% YesNo 63.0%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

Mitte57.8% · strongest party

Mitte57.8%

SVP26.1%

SP5.8%

GRÜNE4.2%

FDP3.8%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier110%

Cantonal tax multiplier100%

110%VS range 100%145%

Tax rank 28 of 122 in canton Valais

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

14'411 CHF(14.4%)

Rank 27 of 122 in the canton · 913 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:14'411 CHF(~14.4%)

Ried-BrigCanton range ValaisSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Ried-Brig	Valais	Switzerland median
40'000	4.5%	4.2–5.8%	5.4%
50'000	8%	7.5–10.3%	7.8%
60'000	9.4%	8.8–12%	10.5%
70'000	10.8%	10.2–13.5%	11.9%
80'000	12%	11.4–14.9%	13.1%
90'000	13.1%	12.4–16%	14.1%
100'000	14.4%	13.7–17.3%	15.3%
110'000	15.6%	14.8–18.5%	16.3%
120'000	16.7%	15.9–19.6%	17.2%
130'000	17.8%	17–20.8%	18.1%
140'000	18.9%	18.1–22%	19%
150'000	19.9%	19.1–23%	19.7%
175'000	22.7%	21.8–25.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.7%	23.9–27.7%	23.2%
225'000	25.9%	25.1–28.9%	24.6%
250'000	26.9%	26–30%	25.8%
275'000	27.6%	26.8–30.8%	26.8%
300'000	28.3%	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 1991–20207.7 °C

Territorial mean (incl. peaks)2.1 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020721 mm

7.7 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

3'390 m

Mean elevation

2'011 m

Relief

2'582 m

Mean slope

28.6°

Flat share

1.6%

South-facing

16.0%

Above 2000 m

53.1%

Relief 2'582 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

22.2 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

30.5 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

4'900

Per inhabitant

9'557 kWh/yr

22 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 Ried-Brig →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

1.38 %

Second homes

18.1 %

Avg. rooms

3.8

Dwellings

1'375

Built before 194627.2%

Built since 200122.0%

1.38 %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

427

Workplaces

116

Services share

69.6 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 74 (17.3%) · Secondary 56 (13.1%) · Tertiary 297 (69.6%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

22.2 %

Farmland

425 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 111 min · Car 109 min

AgglomerationPT 13 min · Car 9 min

Remoteness 62/122 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number6008

Websiteried-brig.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Brig

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Ried-Brig ranks

Largest municipalities2'327 #40 VS · #889 CH Growing municipalities0.7% #62 VS · #949 CH Shrinking municipalities0.7% #60 VS · #1166 CH Jobs per resident0.18 #108 VS · #1883 CH Families & children21.8% #12 VS · #596 CH Age structure20.1% #88 VS · #1233 CH Women share49.4% #62 VS · #1349 CH Foreign residents11.6% #91 VS · #1577 CH Population density49/km² #64 VS · #1786 CH Tax burden14'411 #28 VS · #914 CH Taxes110% #28 VS Warmest municipalities7.7 °C #53 VS · #1754 CH Sunniest municipalities52.8% #79 VS · #166 CH Rainiest municipalities721 mm #88 VS · #2067 CH Voter turnout55.5% #48 VS · #1152 CH Against Switzerland19.6% #29 VS · #567 CH Aligned with Switzerland80.4% #36 VS · #920 CH SVP strongholds26.1% #61 VS · #1515 CH SP strongholds5.8% #91 VS · #1892 CH Centre strongholds57.8% #22 VS · #41 CH FDP strongholds3.8% #74 VS · #1937 CH GLP strongholds2.3% #28 VS · #1719 CH Green strongholds4.2% #73 VS · #1710 CH Largest by area47.6 km² #33 VS · #187 CH Highest municipalities918 m #76 VS · #320 CH Second homes18.1% #91 VS · #401 CH Organic farming22.2% #43 VS · #557 CH Best-connected municipalities111 min #59 VS · #1859 CH Remotest municipalities111 min #62 VS · #257 CH Highest peaks3'390 m #31 VS · #52 CH Highest-lying municipalities2'011 m #42 VS · #87 CH Greatest vertical range2'582 m #37 VS · #68 CH Steepest municipalities28.6° #51 VS · #139 CH Solar potential22 GWh #52 VS · #938 CH Solar potential per capita9'557 kWh #90 VS · #1149 CH Cheapest electricity26.91 Rp./kWh #91 VS · #1102 CH Most expensive electricity26.91 Rp./kWh #26 VS · #999 CH

Postal codes (4)

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Localities

swisstopo · 4

Brig3900 Ried-Brig3911 Rothwald3901 Termen3912

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Ried-Brig?: Ried-Brig has 4 postal codes: 3900, 3901, 3911, 3912.
What is the tax rate in Ried-Brig?: The municipal tax multiplier of Ried-Brig is 110% (2026); canton VS levies 100%.
How much tax do you pay in Ried-Brig?: A single person without children pays about 14'411 CHF income tax in Ried-Brig on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 27 of 122 in canton VS. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Ried-Brig have?: Ried-Brig has 2'327 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Ried-Brig?: Ried-Brig has 270 foreign residents, a share of 11.6% (2025).

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