Gampel is a former municipality in the district of Leuk in the canton of
Valais 
in
Switzerland 
. Gampel should not be confused with the municipality
Gampelen 
in the canton of Bern.
It was an independent municipality until January 1, 2009, when it merged with Bratsch to form
Gampel-Bratsch 
.
History
Gampel is first mentioned in 1238 as Champilz.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the village coat of arms is Azure in dexter a Mullet of Six Or in sinister an Increscent inverted Argent in base Coupeaux of the second.
Demographics
Gampel has a population (as of December 2002) of 1,385.
Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (1,188 or 91.3%) as their first language, Albanian is the second most common (33 or 2.5%) and Serbo-Croatian is the third (25 or 1.9%).