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

[3] Oberems recorded the highest "Yes" vote of any municipality in Switzerland in the 2021 Swiss same-sex marriage referendum on 26 September 2021; 85.7% of town voters who participated in the referendum voted to legalise same-sex marriage.

[4] Oberems has an area, as of 2011[update], of 84.6 square kilometers (32.7 sq mi).

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess Or a Crow displayed Sable between and above two Mullets of Five Argent and Argent from a two-peaked mountain Vert pouring water palewise wavy Azure.

[9] As of 2008[update], the gender distribution of the population was 49.3% male and 50.7% female.

[5] 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 53.71% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 44 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 44.9%.

[14] In the 2007 Swiss Council of States election a total of 45 votes were cast, of which about 0.0% were invalid.

[5] There were 52 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 36.5% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 1 was in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 4 or 25.0% were in the movement and storage of goods, 10 or 62.5% were in a hotel or restaurant, .

[5] From the 2000 census[update], 118 or 94.4% were Roman Catholic, while 2 or 1.6% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.