Täsch is a municipality in the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

[3] Täsch has an area, as of 2011[update], of 58.7 square kilometers (22.7 sq mi).

[4] The municipality is located in the Visp district, in the Mattertal valley, which contains almost all the highest peaks in the Alps such as Monte Rosa, Dom and Weisshorn.

It consists of the village of Täsch and the hamlets of Zermettjen and Täschberg as well as the Täschalp hiking region.

Zermatt is a car-free town at the end of the valley, so the only connection is the frequent train shuttle from Täsch railway station.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules a Fess Argent, in chief a Mullet [of Six] of the same.

[4] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (710 or 85.4%) as their first language, Serbo-Croatian is the second most common (36 or 4.3%) and Portuguese is the third (32 or 3.9%).

[4] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][11] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 53.42% of the vote.

[13] In the 2007 Swiss Council of States election a total of 229 votes were cast, of which 5 or about 2.2% were invalid.

[4] There were 449 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.6% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 22 or 12.5% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 48 or 27.3% were in the movement and storage of goods, 71 or 40.3% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 2 or 1.1% were the insurance or financial industry, 1 was a technical professional or scientist, 5 or 2.8% were in education and 22 or 12.5% were in health care.

[4] From the 2000 census[update], 709 or 85.3% were Roman Catholic, while 18 or 2.2% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.