Eggerberg is a village and municipality in the district of Brig in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

Besides the village of Eggerberg, the municipality includes the settlements of Berg, Eggen, Finnen, Mühlackern and Wirmschland.

It consists of the village of Eggerberg and the hamlets of Mühlackern, Wirmschland, Berg, Eggen and summer only settlement of Finnen.

The proposed merger of the municipalities of Eggerberg, Ausserberg, Bürchen, Baltschieder, Visp and Visperterminen was rejected by the residents.

[6] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, issuant from Coupeaux Vert a Latin Cross Argent between in chief dexter a Moon Or and sinister a Sun of the Same.

[5] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (378 or 99.0%) as their first language, French is the second most common (2 or 0.5%) and Italian is the third (1 or 0.3%).

[12] The historical population is given in the following chart:[4][13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 66.73% of the vote.

[15] In the 2007 Swiss Council of States election a total of 212 votes were cast, of which 3 or about 1.4% were invalid.

In the tertiary sector; 1 was in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 21 or 53.8% were in the movement and storage of goods, 5 or 12.8% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was the insurance or financial industry, 2 or 5.1% were technical professionals or scientists, 2 or 5.1% were in education.

A PostAuto bus service links Finnen, Eggen, Eggerberg, Baltschieder and Visp.

[3][19][20] From the 2000 census[update], 354 or 92.7% were Roman Catholic, while 6 or 1.6% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

The education system in the Canton of Valais allows young children to attend one year of non-obligatory Kindergarten.

All the lower secondary students from Eggerberg attend their school in a neighboring municipality.