Bister is a municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

[3] Bister has an area, as of 2011[update], of 5.8 square kilometers (2.2 sq mi).

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per bend Azure and Sable, in base issuant from Water wavy Argent Coupeaux Vert and a wheat ear Or.

The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][10]In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 47.62% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 18 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 69.2%.

[12] In the 2007 Swiss Council of States election a total of 18 votes were cast.

[4] There were 16 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 56.3% of the workforce.

In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 4, all of which were in agriculture.

[4] From the 2000 census[update], 28 or 84.8% were Roman Catholic, while 3 or 9.1% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.