What is the postal code of Albula/Alvra?

Albula/Alvra has 8 postal codes: 7084, 7450, 7451, 7458, 7459, 7472, 7473, 7492.

What is the tax rate in Albula/Alvra?

The municipal tax multiplier of Albula/Alvra is 100% (2026); canton GR levies 92%.

How much tax do you pay in Albula/Alvra?

A single person without children pays about 13'300 CHF income tax in Albula/Alvra on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 69 of 100 in canton GR. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Albula/Alvra have?

Albula/Alvra has 1'310 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Albula/Alvra?

Albula/Alvra has 237 foreign residents, a share of 18.09% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton GR · Region Albula

Albula/Alvra

7084–7492

GR CANTON7084 7450 7451 7458+4 PLZ

Relief © swisstopo · TINITALY · geoland.at · LGL · IGN · swissTLM3D · swissTLMRegio

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

634 48.4%

Men

676 51.6%

Children & youth (0–19)

191 14.6%

Swiss citizens

1'073 81.9%

Foreign residents

237 18.1%

Population density

14 pop./km²

0–19 · 191 · 14.6%20–64 · 781 · 59.6%65+ · 338 · 25.8%

Foreign residents 18.1%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −44 (−3.3%) · 6 births · 19 deaths · net migration −33

STATPOP 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026 · swisstopo, retrieved 24.09.2026 · BEVNAT (Statistik der natürlichen Bevölkerungsbewegung) 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Vote results for Albula/Alvra

BFS

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'For food security – through increased sustainable domestic production, more plant-based food and clean drinking water (Food Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 27.5% YesDistrict Region Albula: 22.4% Yes

21.1% YesNo 78.9%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Region Albula: 30.5% Yes

36.4% YesNo 63.6%

27.09.2026Teilrevision der Verfassung des Kantons Graubünden (Stimmrechtsalter 16)Cantonal GR● Rejected · 32.6% YesDistrict Region Albula: 32.8% Yes

31.0% YesNo 69.0%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Region Albula: 61.2% Yes

60.6% YesNo 39.4%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Region Albula: 45.4% Yes

53.2% YesNo 46.8%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Region Albula: 45.2% Yes

41.1% YesNo 58.9%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘For a fair energy and climate policy: Investing for prosperity, jobs and the environment (Climate Fund Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 29.3% YesDistrict Region Albula: 20.9% Yes

22.7% YesNo 77.4%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Region Albula: 34.2% Yes

36.1% YesNo 63.9%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Region Albula: 34.2% Yes

43.7% YesNo 56.3%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict Region Albula: 71.7% Yes

70.1% YesNo 30.0%

All federal votes →

Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 04.10.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023

Mitte46.1% · strongest party

Mitte46.1%

SVP23.3%

SP12.4%

FDP9.7%

GLP3.9%

sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 25.09.2026

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier100%

Cantonal tax multiplier92%

100%GR range 30%120%

Tax rank 77 of 100 in canton Grisons

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

13'300 CHF(13.3%)

Rank 69 of 100 in the canton · 613 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 12'696 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Rongellen 9'071 CHF · most expensive Flerden 14'508 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:13'300 CHF(~13.3%)

Albula/AlvraCanton range GrisonsSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Albula/Alvra	Grisons	Switzerland median
40'000	4%	2.6–4.3%	5.4%
50'000	6.2%	4.1–6.8%	7.8%
60'000	8.2%	5.5–9%	10.5%
70'000	9.9%	6.6–10.8%	11.9%
80'000	11.1%	7.5–12.2%	13.1%
90'000	12.2%	8.2–13.3%	14.1%
100'000	13.3%	9.1–14.5%	15.3%
110'000	14.3%	9.8–15.5%	16.3%
120'000	15.1%	10.5–16.4%	17.2%
130'000	15.8%	11–17.2%	18.1%
140'000	16.6%	11.7–18%	19%
150'000	17.3%	12.2–18.8%	19.7%
175'000	18.9%	13.5–20.5%	21.6%
200'000	20.3%	14.7–21.9%	23.2%
225'000	21.4%	15.6–23.1%	24.6%
250'000	22.4%	16.5–24.1%	25.8%
275'000	23.3%	17.3–25%	26.8%
300'000	24%	17.9–25.8%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–2020-0.7 °C

Territorial mean (incl. peaks)3.9 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'165 mm

-0.7 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

3'055 m

Mean elevation

1'724 m

Relief

2'290 m

Mean slope

25.5°

Flat share

2.5%

South-facing

28.8%

Above 2000 m

35.9%

Relief 2'290 m0 m3'847 m

Terrain figures cover the whole municipal territory (swisstopo swissALTIRegio) — not the settlement point. Slope and south-facing share are resolution-dependent and measured at 40 m.

swissALTIRegio 2026 · swisstopo, retrieved 28.08.2026

Solar potential

BFE

Roof potential

29.6 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

42.2 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

6'600

Per inhabitant

22'626 kWh/yr

30 GWh/yr01'133 GWh/yr

BFE solar factsheet ↗

Modelled roof and façade potential from the BFE solar model — the electricity these surfaces could produce, not installed capacity or what the municipality actually generates today. The household figure divides the roof potential by 4'500 kWh per year, ElCom’s reference household (consumption profile H4, a 5-room apartment).

Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE), retrieved 24.09.2026

Electricity

ElCom · 2027

Tariff H4

28.77 Rp./kWh

Energy

12.5 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

12.9 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.3 Rp./kWh

28.77 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 28.55 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Gemeinde Albula/Alvra

ElCom tariff comparison ↗

How this is measured

Total household electricity price for ElCom consumption profile H4 — 4'500 kWh a year, a 5-room flat with electric stove and tumble dryer — standard product, excluding VAT, for the tariff year shown. Energy, grid usage, levies to public bodies and the federal grid surcharge are included. Canton and Swiss medians are ElCom's own published figures.

2027 · Federal Electricity Commission (ElCom), retrieved 12.09.2026

Health-insurance premiums

BAG · 2024

Premium regionRegion 3

Standard model, deductible 300510 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Grisons363 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Albula/Alvra →Canton Grisons →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 3 of canton Grisons. Shown is the average adult premium paid across the whole canton Grisons (2024, BAG) — a region-specific average is not available in the cantonal data.

2024 · Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), retrieved 12.09.2026

Housing

BFS · ARE

Vacancy rate

0.2 %

Second homes

59.1 %

Avg. rooms

3.5

Dwellings

1'522

Built before 194637.1%

Built since 200114.1%

Second Homes Act: no new second-home permits (official building restriction in force).

0.2 %0 %12 %

Vacancy rate from the BFS vacant-dwelling count (2025); building age and room count from the Buildings and Dwellings Statistics (2024). The average room count treats the ‘6 rooms or more’ class as 6, so it is a slight lower bound. The vacancy rate is volatile for small municipalities.

Buildings and Dwellings Statistics 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026 · Vacant dwellings survey 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026 · Dwelling inventory and second-home share 2026 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 24.09.2026

Economy

BFS · 2024

Jobs

754

Workplaces

185

Services share

75.1 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 97 (12.9%) · Secondary 91 (12.1%) · Tertiary 566 (75.1%)

STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

86.5 %

Farmland

1'110 ha

Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 154 min · Car 100 min

AgglomerationPT 48 min · Car 38 min

Remoteness 41/100 in canton

National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 24.09.2026

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number3542

Websitealbula-alvra.ch ↗

DistrictRegion Albula

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Albula/Alvra ranks

Largest municipalities1'310 #44 GR · #1266 CH Growing municipalities-3.3% #99 GR · #2063 CH Shrinking municipalities-3.3% #2 GR · #46 CH Jobs per resident0.58 #38 GR · #371 CH Families & children14.6% #72 GR · #2000 CH Age structure25.8% #47 GR · #322 CH Women share48.4% #62 GR · #1746 CH Foreign residents18.1% #42 GR · #1038 CH Population density14/km² #67 GR · #2015 CH Tax burden13'300 #69 GR · #613 CH Taxes100% #77 GR Warmest municipalities-0.7 °C #91 GR · #2091 CH Sunniest municipalities46.3% #88 GR · #530 CH Rainiest municipalities1'165 mm #58 GR · #778 CH Voter turnout50.2% #82 GR · #1762 CH Against Switzerland14.9% #17 GR · #896 CH Aligned with Switzerland85.1% #37 GR · #562 CH SVP strongholds23.3% #86 GR · #1648 CH SP strongholds12.4% #71 GR · #1236 CH Centre strongholds46.1% #12 GR · #99 CH FDP strongholds9.7% #78 GR · #1436 CH GLP strongholds3.9% #60 GR · #1428 CH Green strongholds2.4% #82 GR · #1930 CH Largest by area93.9 km² #25 GR · #74 CH Highest municipalities859 m #74 GR · #361 CH Second homes59.1% #37 GR · #114 CH Organic farming86.5% #16 GR · #30 CH Best-connected municipalities154 min #58 GR · #2057 CH Remotest municipalities154 min #41 GR · #51 CH Highest peaks3'055 m #40 GR · #126 CH Highest-lying municipalities1'724 m #52 GR · #154 CH Greatest vertical range2'290 m #26 GR · #127 CH Steepest municipalities25.5° #57 GR · #247 CH Solar potential30 GWh #30 GR · #687 CH Solar potential per capita22'626 kWh #26 GR · #126 CH Cheapest electricity28.77 Rp./kWh #52 GR · #1544 CH Most expensive electricity28.77 Rp./kWh #49 GR · #563 CH

Postal codes (8)

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Localities

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Alvaneu Bad7473 Alvaneu Dorf7492 Alvaschein7451 Brienz/Brinzauls GR7084 Mon7458 Stierva7459 Surava7472 Tiefencastel7450

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Albula/Alvra?: Albula/Alvra has 8 postal codes: 7084, 7450, 7451, 7458, 7459, 7472, 7473, 7492.
What is the tax rate in Albula/Alvra?: The municipal tax multiplier of Albula/Alvra is 100% (2026); canton GR levies 92%.
How much tax do you pay in Albula/Alvra?: A single person without children pays about 13'300 CHF income tax in Albula/Alvra on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 69 of 100 in canton GR. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Albula/Alvra have?: Albula/Alvra has 1'310 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Albula/Alvra?: Albula/Alvra has 237 foreign residents, a share of 18.09% (2025).

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