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

[2] Unterems had an area, as of 2011[update], of 1.4 square kilometers (0.54 sq mi).

[3] The former municipality is located in the Leuk district, high on the left side of the Rhone valley.

It consists of the village of Unterems and the hamlets of Ze Schmidu, Feldishaus and Prupräsu.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure a Cross Patee Gules in chief two Mullets of Six Or in base a branch of Lime Tree/Linden Tree slipped with three Leaves Vert.

[3] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (158 or 98.1%) as their first language, French, Italian and Spanish are all spoken by 1 person.

[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[2][10] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 48.11% of the vote.

[12] In the 2007 Swiss Council of States election a total of 81 votes were cast, of which 1 or about 1.2% were invalid.

[3] There were 64 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 45.3% of the workforce.

[3] From the 2000 census[update], 146 or 90.7% were Roman Catholic, while 6 or 3.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.