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

Besides the village of Ferden itself, the municipality includes the hamlet of Goppenstein, and the alpine settlements of Faldum, Resti and Kummen.

It consists of the haufendorf village (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Ferden, the hamlet of Goppenstein, and the alpine settlements of Faldum, Resti and Kummen.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (280 or 97.9%) as their first language, Italian is the second most common (4 or 1.4%) and French is the third (1 or 0.3%).

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][12] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 75.24% of the vote.

[14] In the 2007 Swiss Council of States election a total of 125 votes were cast, of which 3 or about 2.4% were invalid.

In the tertiary sector; 2 or 3.8% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 37 or 69.8% were in the movement and storage of goods and 8 or 15.1% were in a hotel or restaurant.

[8] Goppenstein railway station is within the municipality, is on the Lötschberg line, and is served by trains to Bern, Thun and Brig.

It is also the southern terminus of a car carrying shuttle train to Kandersteg station via the Lötschberg tunnel.

The municipality straddles the road up the Lötschental valley from Steg to Fafleralp.

A PostAuto bus service runs along the road as far as Fafleralp, connecting the upper valley settlements, including Blatten village, to Goppenstein station, with some buses continuing further down the valley to Steg.

[18] From the 2000 census[update], 274 or 95.8% were Roman Catholic, while 9 or 3.1% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.