[1] It includes the following municipalities: The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, an Eagle with dragon's tail displayed Sable, crowned, beaked, langued, membered and tailed Gules.

[1] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (21,176 or 91.9%) as their first language, Italian is the second most common (434 or 1.9%) and French is the third (316 or 1.4%).

[9] In the 2007 Swiss federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 54.67% of the vote.

[11] In the 2007 Swiss Council of States election a total of 10,530 votes were cast, of which 603 or about 5.7% were invalid.

[12] From the 2000 census[update], 19,711 or 85.5% were Roman Catholic, while 1,067 or 4.6% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

The wettest month is November during which time Brig receives an average of 81 mm (3.2 in) of rain or snow.

The month with the most days of precipitation is January, with an average of 7.9, but with only 65 mm (2.6 in) of rain or snow.

The driest month of the year is September with an average of 37 mm (1.5 in) of precipitation over 5.4 days.