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Region Maloja

Grisons

Region Maloja is one of 11 districts of the canton of Grisons and comprises 12 municipalities with 18'385 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 Maloja

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

Politics

National Council election 2023 · sum of its municipalities
SVP32.0% · strongest party
SVP32.0%
FDP24.3%
SP16.7%
Mitte15.5%
GLP5.9%
GRÜNE3.7%
EDU1.1%
EVP0.6%
Übrige0.2%
La Punt Chamues-ch
49 %
median of its municipalities
70 %
Bregaglia
90 %

A district has no tax rate of its own. Rates range from 49 % % in La Punt Chamues-ch to 90 % % in Bregaglia (median 70 % %).

Tax burden (single, CHF 100,000): 10.2 % in La Punt Chamues-ch to 12.7 % in Bregaglia (ESTV 2'026)

Vacancy rate
0.53 %
Dwellings
23'937
Avg. rooms
3.1
Built before 1946
19.8%

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
+76 +0.4%
births
128
deaths
146
net migration
+135
BEVNAT (Statistik der natürlichen Bevölkerungsbewegung) 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Economy

BFS · 2024 · sum of its municipalities
Jobs
20'143
Workplaces
2'569
Services share
82.6 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 335 (1.7%) · Secondary 3'178 (15.8%) · Tertiary 16'630 (82.6%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 11.09.2026

Agriculture

BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalities
Farms
89
Organic share
71.9 %
Farmland
2'749 ha
Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Climate · Terrain

MeteoSchweiz · swisstopo
Annual mean temperature
-0.3 °C
Precipitation
1'108 mm
Elevation
666–4'032 m
Flat share
5.2%

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

Energy · Accessibility

BFE · ElCom · ARE
Solar potential
284 GWh
Electricity
29.7 Rp./kWh
Public transport to centre
216 min
Road to centre
151 min

Solar potential: sum of its municipalities · Electricity: median of its municipalities (18.540.93 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 Maloja?
Region Maloja comprises 12 municipalities: St. Moritz, Samedan, Pontresina, Bregaglia, Celerina/Schlarigna, Zuoz, Silvaplana, La Punt Chamues-ch, S-chanf, Sils im Engadin/Segl, Bever, Madulain. Together they have 18'385 residents (BFS, 2025).
Which canton is Region Maloja in?
Region Maloja lies in the canton of Grisons, which is divided into 11 districts.
How many people live in Region Maloja?
Region Maloja has 18'385 residents (BFS STATPOP, 2025) — the sum of its 12 municipalities; the largest is St. Moritz with 5'027.
Does Region Maloja have its own tax rate?
No. Tax rates are set by municipalities. In Region Maloja the municipal rate ranges from 49 % (La Punt Chamues-ch) to 90 % (Bregaglia).
How did Region Maloja vote in the latest federal vote?
On 14.06.2026, Region Maloja voted 63.5 % 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.