Grafschaft is a former municipality in the district of Goms in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

By the 16th Century the traditional practices and pastures of the farmers were finally codified into laws.

[6] Grafschaft had an area, as of 2011[update], of 22.6 square kilometers (8.7 sq mi).

[7] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure a Crozier Or issuiant from base surrounded with three Mullets of five of the same.

[7] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (186 or 96.9%) as their first language, Serbo-Croatian is the second most common (4 or 2.1%) and French is the third (1 or 0.5%).

[12] The historical population is given in the following chart:[13] The entire villages of Biel, Ritzingen and Selkingen are designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[14] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 58.79% of the vote.

[16] In the 2007 Swiss Council of States election a total of 97 votes were cast, of which 2 or about 2.1% were invalid.

[7] There were 90 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 44.4% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 16, of which 10 were in agriculture and 6 were in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 2 or 9.5% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 2 or 9.5% were in the movement and storage of goods, 12 or 57.1% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was the insurance or financial industry, 1 was a technical professional or scientist, .

[7] From the 2000 census[update], 178 or 92.7% were Roman Catholic, while 10 or 5.2% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.