Naters is a municipality in the district of Brig in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

[4] Naters has an area, as of 2011[update], of 101.3 square kilometers (39.1 sq mi).

[5] The municipality is located in the Brig district, on the right bank of the Rhone river on the gently sloping alluvial country around the Kelchbach.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, between two Crosiers Or in saltire in chief a Mitre of the same.

[5] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (6,902 or 91.8%) as their first language, Italian is the second most common (188 or 2.5%) and Albanian is the third (101 or 1.3%).

[5] The historical population is given in the following chart:[4][12] The Ossuary at Beinhausweg and the Church of St. Mauritius are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance.

[13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 46.41% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 3,617 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 59.6%.

[15] In the 2007 Swiss Council of States election a total of 3,587 votes were cast, of which 189 or about 5.3% were invalid.

[5] There were 3,581 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 40.5% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 57, of which 50 were in agriculture and 7 were in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 162 or 20.6% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 30 or 3.8% were in the movement and storage of goods, 176 or 22.3% were in a hotel or restaurant, 35 or 4.4% were the insurance or financial industry, 97 or 12.3% were technical professionals or scientists, 70 or 8.9% were in education and 132 or 16.8% were in health care.

[5] From the 2000 census[update], 6,525 or 86.8% were Roman Catholic, while 282 or 3.8% 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.

The team currently plays in Liga 1., the third highest tier in the Swiss football pyramid.

Nico was a highly rated prospect leading up to the 2017 NHL Draft, where he was selected 1st overall by the New Jersey Devils.