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

[3] Kippel has an area, as of 2009[update], of 11.7 square kilometers (4.5 sq mi).

[4] The municipality is located in the Westlich Raron district, in the upper Lötschental valley.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, a Saltire couped Argent between two Mullets of Five Or.

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][12] The entire village of Kippel is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[15] In the 2007 Swiss Council of States election a total of 190 votes were cast, of which 16 or about 8.4% were invalid.

[8] There were 191 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.4% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 9 or 12.9% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 18 or 25.7% were in the movement and storage of goods, 15 or 21.4% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 2.9% were the insurance or financial industry and 20 or 28.6% were in health care.

[8] Kippel lies on the road up the Lötschental valley from Steg and Goppenstein.

The road passes through Kippel village and reaches its end at Fafleralp.

A PostAuto bus service runs along the road, connecting the municipality to Goppenstein railway station, with some buses continuing to Steg.

[19] From the 2000 census[update], 361 or 98.1% were Roman Catholic, while 6 or 1.6% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.