Population
2'260↑0.6%
About Gampel
City · Valais
Gampel is a village and former municipality in the district of Leuk in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. The village of Gempel is located at the southern entrance to the Lötschental or Lötschen valley. The eastern border of the village is the Lonza river, which is also the district border and the border with the neighboring village of Steg.
Population
2'260
Tax multiplier
130%
Gampel in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.130%
Above average in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 46'600↑0.9%
Top quartile in canton
Median net income
CHF 51'500↑1.0%
73%
Cantonal tax multiplier
100%
1.67%↑30.5%
Top quartile in canton
- Forest41%
- Agriculture28%
- Other26%
- Settlement4%
Foreign residents
17.8%↑3.3%
Middle in canton
Dwellings
1'677↑2.2%
Jobs (FTE)
540↑6.9%
63%
Housing market in Gampel
The rental vacancy rate is 1.67%, 40% above the cantonal average (1.19 %) — a comparatively relaxed market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 130%, 11% above the cantonal average (117 %). Median taxable income is CHF 55'300, 11% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Gampel has 2'260 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
