These towns were established back in the days when the farmers of Albinen lived a semi-nomadic life.

Albinen is situated in the south of Switzerland in the Swiss Alps at 1,275 m (4,183 ft) above sea level.

A large variety of wild flowers can be found, especially during spring and in the early summer when most of them flourish.

Albinen is home to many bird species as well as to local wildlife such as deer, chamois buck, fox, lux and steinbock.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent, issuant from Coupeaux vert a Latin cross sable.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (255 or 97.7%) as their first language, French is the second most common (2 or 0.8%) and Romansh is the third (1 or 0.4%).

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][12] The entire village of Albinen is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

Albinen benefits from its calm and sunny location but, being situated in the middle of the tourist region Valais, still offers good connections to some of the most famous locations in the Swiss Alps (Zermatt, Saas-Fee, Montana, Verbier) and the alpine resort Leukerbad.

A regular bus service connects the town with the local main town Leuk (located 20 minutes away and providing access to the Swiss Train Network) and the alpine resort Leukerbad (15 minutes away) with its hot water pools.

Albinen Tourism maintains an extensive hiking network that offers trails of different length and difficulty.

A tourism highlight is the "Albinenleitern": a series of ladders climbing a cliff, formerly providing the main connection between Albinen and Leukerbad.

A cable car connects to the ski station Rinderhütte situated in the mountain area Torrent at 2313 meters above sea level.

In summer Torrent offers a large network of hiking and mountain bike trails.

The panoramic views of the 4,000 m (13,000 ft) peaks of the Swiss, French and Italian Alps from the Torrent area are breathtaking.

Many of these homes and sheds are several hundred years old and demonstrate impressively the craft of former generations.

In the tertiary sector; 2 or 5.3% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 30 or 78.9% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 5.3% were in education.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 220 or 84.3% were Roman Catholic, while 28 or 10.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.