What is the postal code of Buseno?

The postal code of Buseno is 6542.

What is the tax rate in Buseno?

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

How much tax do you pay in Buseno?

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

How many residents does Buseno have?

Buseno has 102 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Buseno?

Buseno has 7 foreign residents, a share of 6.86% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton GR · Region Moesa

Buseno

6542

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

54 52.9%

Men

48 47.1%

Children & youth (0–19)

7 6.9%

Swiss citizens

95 93.1%

Foreign residents

7 6.9%

Population density

9 pop./km²

0–19 · 7 · 6.9%20–64 · 58 · 56.9%65+ · 37 · 36.3%

Foreign residents 6.9%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +11 (+12.1%) · 0 births · 0 deaths · net migration +11

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 Buseno

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 Moesa: 31.6% Yes

16.2% YesNo 83.8%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Region Moesa: 57.8% Yes

54.1% YesNo 46.0%

27.09.2026Teilrevision der Verfassung des Kantons Graubünden (Stimmrechtsalter 16)Cantonal GR● Rejected · 32.6% YesDistrict Region Moesa: 22.1% Yes

10.5% YesNo 89.5%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Region Moesa: 57.5% Yes

71.4% YesNo 28.6%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Region Moesa: 60.4% Yes

55.4% YesNo 44.6%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Region Moesa: 43.8% Yes

27.7% YesNo 72.3%

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 Moesa: 22.9% Yes

12.2% YesNo 87.8%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Region Moesa: 48.7% Yes

35.4% YesNo 64.6%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Region Moesa: 55.0% Yes

54.4% YesNo 45.7%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict Region Moesa: 68.2% Yes

86.7% YesNo 13.3%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

Mitte82.3% · strongest party

Mitte82.3%

SVP14.3%

SP1.7%

FDP1.7%

GRÜNE0.0%

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 72 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%)

BusenoCanton range GrisonsSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Buseno	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 1991–20206.8 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'526 mm

6.8 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

2'320 m

Mean elevation

1'253 m

Relief

1'799 m

Mean slope

36.9°

Flat share

0.6%

South-facing

19.7%

Above 2000 m

2.2%

Relief 1'799 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

2.2 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

3 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

500

Per inhabitant

21'373 kWh/yr

2 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

27.94 Rp./kWh

Energy

10.1 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

13.94 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.3 Rp./kWh

27.94 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator Comune di Buseno, Azienda Elettrica

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 1

Standard model, deductible 300573 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Grisons363 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Buseno →Canton Grisons →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 1 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 %

Second homes

72.1 %

Avg. rooms

3.1

Dwellings

196

Built before 194663.8%

Built since 20014.1%

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

0 %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

Workplaces

Services share

40 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 12 (60.0%) · Secondary 0 (0.0%) · Tertiary 8 (40.0%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

37 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 78 min · Car 44 min

AgglomerationPT 54 min · Car 30 min

Remoteness 95/100 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number3804

Websitebuseno.ch ↗

DistrictRegion Moesa

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Buseno ranks

Largest municipalities102 #98 GR · #2086 CH Growing municipalities12.1% #1 GR · #4 CH Shrinking municipalities12.1% #100 GR · #2105 CH Jobs per resident0.2 #97 GR · #1779 CH Families & children6.9% #99 GR · #2099 CH Age structure36.3% #6 GR · #19 CH Women share52.9% #3 GR · #42 CH Foreign residents6.9% #91 GR · #1930 CH Population density9/km² #78 GR · #2042 CH Tax burden13'300 #71 GR · #615 CH Taxes100% #72 GR Warmest municipalities6.8 °C #28 GR · #1869 CH Sunniest municipalities52.5% #10 GR · #172 CH Rainiest municipalities1'526 mm #13 GR · #223 CH Voter turnout55.7% #39 GR · #1125 CH SVP strongholds14.3% #100 GR · #2013 CH SP strongholds1.7% #100 GR · #2029 CH Centre strongholds82.3% #1 GR · #6 CH FDP strongholds1.7% #100 GR · #2039 CH GLP strongholds0% #99 GR · #2025 CH Green strongholds0% #100 GR · #2037 CH Largest by area11.2 km² #86 GR · #883 CH Highest municipalities801 m #81 GR · #430 CH Second homes72.1% #13 GR · #37 CH Organic farming0% #99 GR · #1830 CH Best-connected municipalities78 min #6 GR · #1305 CH Remotest municipalities78 min #95 GR · #805 CH Highest peaks2'320 m #84 GR · #283 CH Highest-lying municipalities1'253 m #84 GR · #284 CH Greatest vertical range1'799 m #66 GR · #258 CH Steepest municipalities36.9° #1 GR · #3 CH Solar potential2 GWh #99 GR · #2077 CH Solar potential per capita21'373 kWh #35 GR · #153 CH Cheapest electricity27.94 Rp./kWh #48 GR · #1330 CH Most expensive electricity27.94 Rp./kWh #53 GR · #777 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

6542

Buseno

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Buseno6542

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Santa Maria in Calanca

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Buseno?: The postal code of Buseno is 6542.
What is the tax rate in Buseno?: The municipal tax multiplier of Buseno is 100% (2026); canton GR levies 92%.
How much tax do you pay in Buseno?: A single person without children pays about 13'300 CHF income tax in Buseno on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 69 of 100 in canton GR. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Buseno have?: Buseno has 102 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Buseno?: Buseno has 7 foreign residents, a share of 6.86% (2025).

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