Population
10'791↑1.1%
About Blatten b. Naters
City · Valais
Naters is a municipality in the district of Brig in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Birgisch and Mund merged into the municipality of Naters, which also includes the villages of Hegdorn, Geimen, Mehlbaum, Rischinen and Blatten bei Naters.
Population
10'791
Tax multiplier
110%
Blatten b. Naters in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.110%
Bottom quartile in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 48'500↑2.5%
Top 10% in canton
Median net income
CHF 54'050↑2.5%
76%
Cantonal tax multiplier
100%
0.99%↓44.4%
Middle in canton
- Other66%
- Agriculture17%
- Forest14%
- Settlement2%
Foreign residents
19.9%↑5.0%
Above average in canton
Median price
CHF 5'986/ m²
−30% vs CH
Dwellings
7'576↑0.6%
Jobs (FTE)
1'677↓0.4%
68%
44%
Fibre
Property market in Blatten b. Naters
The rental vacancy rate is 0.99%, 17% below the cantonal average (1.19 %). The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 110%, 6% below the cantonal average (117 %) — tax-favourable. Median taxable income is CHF 57'500, 7% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Blatten b. Naters has 10'791 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
