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

[3] Inden has an area, as of 2009[update], of 9.9 square kilometers (3.8 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.27 km2 (0.10 sq mi) or 2.7% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.04 km2 (9.9 acres) or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes and 5.82 km2 (2.25 sq mi) or 59.0% is unproductive land.

[4] The municipality is located in the Leuk district, on a high plateau and along the road that runs from Leukerbad to the Gemmi Pass.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, a two-arched masoned Wall Gules, in chief an Eagle displayed Sable between two Mullets of Six of the second.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (82 or 92.1%) as their first language, French is the second most common (3 or 3.4%) and Italian is the third (2 or 2.2%).

[9] As of 2008[update], the gender distribution of the population was 50.0% male and 50.0% female.

[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 55.92% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 50 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 58.8%.

[14] In the 2007 Swiss Council of States election a total of 49 votes were cast, of which 4 or about 8.2% were invalid.

[8] There were 42 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 50.0% of the workforce.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 71 or 79.8% were Roman Catholic, while 7 or 7.9% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.