Region Albula
GrisonsRegion Albula is one of 11 districts of the canton of Grisons and comprises 6 municipalities with 8'148 residents in all (BFS, 2025). A district is an administrative unit of the canton — a court and administrative area, not a postal delivery area: postal codes and localities follow delivery routes and can cross district borders.
Votes in Region Albula
district results as published by BFSPolitics
National Council election 2023 · sum of its municipalitiesTax rate in the district
ESTV 2026A district has no tax rate of its own. Rates range from 70 % % in Vaz/Obervaz to 100 % % in Schmitten (GR) (median 95 % %).
Tax burden (single, CHF 100,000): 11.5 % in Vaz/Obervaz to 13.3 % in Schmitten (GR) (ESTV 2'026)
Housing
BFSVacancy rate: published by BFS for the district (2025) · Dwellings: sum of its municipalities (2024)
Population change
BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalitiesEconomy
BFS · 2024 · sum of its municipalitiesAgriculture
BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalitiesClimate · Terrain
MeteoSchweiz · swisstopoClimate: area-weighted over its municipalities · Terrain: swissALTIRegio 40 m, zonal over the district polygon
Energy · Accessibility
BFE · ElCom · ARESolar potential: sum of its municipalities · Electricity: median of its municipalities (25.072–36.292 Rp./kWh, 2027). ElCom publishes a median per municipality; the district value is our median of those. · Accessibility: median of its municipalities
Where the municipalities of Region Albula rank
sum of its municipalities2 of these postal codes reach across the district border.
Map
swisstopo · OSM- Which municipalities belong to Region Albula?
- Region Albula comprises 6 municipalities: Vaz/Obervaz, Surses, Albula/Alvra, Bergün Filisur, Lantsch/Lenz, Schmitten. Together they have 8'148 residents (BFS, 2025).
- Which canton is Region Albula in?
- Region Albula lies in the canton of Grisons, which is divided into 11 districts.
- How many people live in Region Albula?
- Region Albula has 8'148 residents (BFS STATPOP, 2025) — the sum of its 6 municipalities; the largest is Vaz/Obervaz with 2'703.
- Does Region Albula have its own tax rate?
- No. Tax rates are set by municipalities. In Region Albula the municipal rate ranges from 70 % (Vaz/Obervaz) to 100 % (Schmitten (GR)).
- How did Region Albula vote in the latest federal vote?
- On 14.06.2026, Region Albula voted 61.2 % yes on “Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)” (Accepted) — the district figure BFS publishes.
Districts exist in 17 cantons; UR, OW, NW, GL, ZG, BS, AI, NE and GE have no such level.