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Region Albula

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Region 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.

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Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 12.08.2026

Votes in Region Albula

district results as published by BFS
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 12.08.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023 · sum of its municipalities
Mitte36.7% · strongest party
Mitte36.7%
SVP25.6%
SP14.0%
FDP13.1%
GLP5.3%
GRÜNE3.8%
EDU0.6%
EVP0.6%
Übrige0.4%
Vaz/Obervaz
70 %
median of its municipalities
95 %
Schmitten (GR)
100 %

A 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)

Vacancy rate
0.33 %
Dwellings
14'945
Avg. rooms
3.2
Built before 1946
20.5%

Vacancy rate: published by BFS for the district (2025) · Dwellings: sum of its municipalities (2024)

Population change

BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalities
Population change 2025
−24 −0.3%
births
38
deaths
88
net migration
+34
BEVNAT (Statistik der natürlichen Bevölkerungsbewegung) 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Economy

BFS · 2024 · sum of its municipalities
Jobs
5'977
Workplaces
1'036
Services share
75.4 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 527 (8.8%) · Secondary 942 (15.8%) · Tertiary 4'508 (75.4%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 11.09.2026

Agriculture

BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalities
Farms
149
Organic share
75.8 %
Farmland
5'006 ha
Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Climate · Terrain

MeteoSchweiz · swisstopo
Annual mean temperature
1.8 °C
Precipitation
1'023 mm
Elevation
720–3'396 m
Flat share
2.9%

Climate: area-weighted over its municipalities · Terrain: swissALTIRegio 40 m, zonal over the district polygon

Energy · Accessibility

BFE · ElCom · ARE
Solar potential
188 GWh
Electricity
29.6 Rp./kWh
Public transport to centre
164 min
Road to centre
108 min

Solar potential: sum of its municipalities · Electricity: median of its municipalities (25.07236.292 Rp./kWh, 2027). ElCom publishes a median per municipality; the district value is our median of those. · Accessibility: median of its municipalities

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.