Grimentz is a village in the district of Sierre in the Swiss canton of Valais.

[4] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (373 or 92.3%) as their first language, Portuguese is the second most common (16 or 4.0%) and German is the third (9 or 2.2%).

[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 57.69% of the vote.

[8] There were 216 residents of the village who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 44.0% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 30 or 19.2% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 16 or 10.3% were in the movement and storage of goods, 58 or 37.2% were in a hotel or restaurant, 5 or 3.2% were the insurance or financial industry, 5 or 3.2% were technical professionals or scientists, 1 was in education.

[10] From the 2000 census[update], 372 or 92.1% were Roman Catholic, while 20 or 5.0% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

The wettest month is August during which time Grimentz receives an average of 82 mm (3.2 in) of rain or snow.

The driest month of the year is April with an average of 52 mm (2.0 in) of precipitation over 8.6 days.