Gampel is a former municipality in the district of Leuk in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

It was an independent municipality until January 1, 2009, when it merged with Bratsch to form Gampel-Bratsch.

[2] The blazon of the village coat of arms is Azure in dexter a Mullet of Six Or in sinister an Increscent inverted Argent in base Coupeaux of the second.

[4] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (1,188 or 91.3%) as their first language, Albanian is the second most common (33 or 2.5%) and Serbo-Croatian is the third (25 or 1.9%).

[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 65.42% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 804 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 84.9%.

[4] There were 645 residents of the village who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 38.9% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 47 or 24.0% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 14 or 7.1% were in the movement and storage of goods, 29 or 14.8% were in a hotel or restaurant, 15 or 7.7% were the insurance or financial industry, 19 or 9.7% were technical professionals or scientists, 28 or 14.3% were in education and 15 or 7.7% were in health care.

[4] From the 2000 census[update], 1,144 or 87.9% were Roman Catholic, while 24 or 1.8% 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.