Population
894↓1.8%
About Fiesch
City · Valais
Fiesch is a municipality in the district of Goms in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Nearby Fiescheralp is administered by Fiesch and is accessible by the Eggishorn lift.
Population
894
Tax multiplier
115%
Fiesch in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.115%
Below average in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 29'300↑1.0%
Bottom quartile in canton
Median net income
CHF 34'450↑6.9%
68%
Cantonal tax multiplier
100%
0.92%↑55.9%
Below average in canton
- Forest42%
- Agriculture31%
- Other20%
- Settlement7%
Foreign residents
17.2%↓9.4%
Middle in canton
Dwellings
1'196↑0.8%
Jobs (FTE)
516↓4.4%
36%
29%
Fibre
Housing market in Fiesch
The rental vacancy rate is 0.92%, 23% below the cantonal average (1.19 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 115%, roughly the cantonal average (117 %) — tax-favourable. Median taxable income is CHF 43'600, 30% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Fiesch has 894 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
