Population
10'674↑0.7%
About Naters
Municipality · 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
10'674
Tax multiplier
110%
Naters in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.Tax multiplier
110%
Bottom quartile in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 63'829
Top quartile in canton
Vacancy
0.99%↓44.4%
Middle in canton
- Other66%
- Agriculture17%
- Forest14%
- Settlement2%
Foreign residents
19.0%↑2.2%
Middle in canton
Dwellings
7'576↑0.6%
Jobs (FTE)
1'683↓2.9%
68%
44%
Fibre
Housing market in Naters
The rental vacancy rate is 0.99%, 17% below the cantonal average (1.19 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 110%, 6% below the cantonal average (117 %) — tax-favourable. Median taxable income is CHF 63'829, 5% below the Swiss median (CHF 67'216). Naters has 10'674 residents (2024).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
