Birchiș (Hungarian: Marosberkes; German: Birkisch) is a commune in Arad County, Romania.

The commune is situated in the contact zone of the Mureș Couloir with the Lipova Hills and it stretches over a surface of 10228 ha.

It is composed of four villages: Birchiș (situated at 81 km from Arad), Căpâlnaș (Kápolnás), Ostrov (Marossziget) and Virișmort (Szádvörösmart).

From an ethnical point of view it has the following structure: 87.7% are Romanians, 0.5% Hungarians, 11.6 Roma and 0.2% are of other or undeclared nationalities.

The commune Birchiș is well known both in the country and abroad for the ceramic products made by local craftsmen.