[1] It consists of the following municipalities: The blazon of the district coat of arms is Per pale Argent and Gules, two Lions rampant respectant counterchanged.

[1] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (23,373 or 87.2%) as their first language, Portuguese is the second most common (853 or 3.2%) and Italian is the third (658 or 2.5%).

[4] The historical population is given in the following chart:[6] On 1 October 1972, Eyholz merged into the municipality of Visp.

[9] In the 2007 Swiss Council of States election a total of 10,281 votes were cast, of which 350 or about 3.4% were invalid.

[10] From the 2000 census[update], 22,775 or 84.9% were Roman Catholic, while 1,156 or 4.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

The wettest month is November during which time Visp receives an average of 70 mm (2.8 in) of rain or snow.

The driest month of the year is September with an average of 32 mm (1.3 in) of precipitation over 5.3 days.