Bitsch (German pronunciation: [bɪtʃ]) is a municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

Bitsch has an area, as of 2011[update], of 4.1 square kilometers (1.6 sq mi).

[3] The municipality is located in the Östlich-Raron district, on the southern facing slopes of the mountains.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, on Coupeaux Vert a Chamois rampant Sable langued Gules between an edelweiss and a rhododendron proper.

[3] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (721 or 96.5%) as their first language, Dutch is the second most common (8 or 1.1%) and French is the third (7 or 0.9%).

[3] The historical population is given in the following chart:[9][10] The entire hamlet of Wasen is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[13] In the 2007 Swiss Council of States election a total of 338 votes were cast, of which 8 or about 2.4% were invalid.

[3] There were 353 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 38.2% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 63 or 39.6% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 12 or 7.5% were in the movement and storage of goods, 5 or 3.1% were in a hotel or restaurant, 5 or 3.1% were the insurance or financial industry, 5 or 3.1% were technical professionals or scientists, 5 or 3.1% were in education and 59 or 37.1% were in health care.

[3] From the 2000 census[update], 658 or 88.1% were Roman Catholic, while 32 or 4.3% 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 and upper secondary students from Bitsch attend their school in a neighboring municipality.