Bratsch is a village in the municipality of Gampel-Bratsch in the district of Leuk of the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
Bratsch was an independent municipality until January 1, 2009, when it merged with Gampel to form Gampel-Bratsch.
[2] The blazon of the village coat of arms is In azure on a church in argent with a cross of the same, covered with sable, placed in sinister on a mountain entailed in vert and in dexter on a mullet in or, in the point a wavy device (river) in argent surmounting on the mountains.
[4] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (460 or 99.1%) as their first language, Russian is the second most common (2 or 0.4%) and French is the third (1 or 0.2%).
[6] The historical population is given in the following chart:[2][7] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 67.19% of the vote.
In the federal election, a total of 315 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 75.0%.
In the tertiary sector; 1 was in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 1 was in the movement and storage of goods, 5 or 50.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, .
[4] From the 2000 census[update], 451 or 97.2% were Roman Catholic, while 10 or 2.2% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.