Birgisch is a former municipality in the district of Brig in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

[2] Before the merger, Birgisch had a total area of 5.7 km2 (2.2 sq mi).

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, a bend lowered wavy Argent, in chief sinister a Tower of the same lined, doored and windowed Sable.

[3] The historical population is given in the following chart:[2][9] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 56.68% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 114 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 63.0%.

[11] In the 2007 Swiss Council of States election a total of 114 votes were cast, of which 12 or about 10.5% were invalid.

[3] There were 98 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 36.7% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 1 was in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 2 or 33.3% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 33.3% were in education.

[3] From the 2000 census[update], 203 or 93.5% were Roman Catholic, while 9 or 4.1% 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 Birgisch attend their school in a neighboring municipality.

[16] All the upper secondary students attended school in another municipality.

As of 2000[update], there were 10 students from Birgisch who attended schools outside the municipality.