Population
1'188↑0.1%
About Mase
City · Valais
Mase is a former municipality in the district of Hérens in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. On 1 January 2011, the former municipalities of Vernamiège, Nax and Mase merged in the new municipality of Mont-Noble.
Population
1'188
Tax multiplier
135%
Mase in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.135%
Top 10% in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 35'300↑5.7%
Below average in canton
Median net income
CHF 38'650↑1.6%
70%
Cantonal tax multiplier
100%
1.35%↑28.6%
Above average in canton
- Forest42%
- Agriculture31%
- Other23%
- Settlement4%
Foreign residents
14.0%↑4.3%
Below average in canton
Dwellings
1'630↑0.7%
Jobs (FTE)
129↓12.2%
38%
36%
Fibre
Housing market in Mase
The rental vacancy rate is 1.35%, 13% above the cantonal average (1.19 %) — a comparatively relaxed market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 135%, 16% above the cantonal average (117 %). Median taxable income is CHF 51'300, 17% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Mase has 1'188 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
