What is the postal code of Chur?

Chur has 6 postal codes: 7000, 7023, 7026, 7063, 7064, 7074.

What is the tax rate in Chur?

The municipal tax multiplier of Chur is 88% (2026); canton GR levies 92%.

How much tax do you pay in Chur?

A single person without children pays about 12'575 CHF income tax in Chur on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 46 of 100 in canton GR. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Chur have?

Chur has 39'753 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Chur?

Chur has 9'717 foreign residents, a share of 24.44% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton GR · Region Plessur

Chur

7000–7074

GR CANTON7000 7023 7026 7063+2 PLZ

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

20'243 50.9%

Men

19'510 49.1%

Children & youth (0–19)

6'657 16.7%

Swiss citizens

30'036 75.6%

Foreign residents

9'717 24.4%

Population density

485 pop./km²

0–19 · 6'657 · 16.7%20–64 · 24'032 · 60.5%65+ · 9'064 · 22.8%

Foreign residents 24.4%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +267 (+0.7%) · 303 births · 366 deaths · net migration +292

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 Chur

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 Plessur: 28.5% Yes

29.4% YesNo 70.6%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Region Plessur: 27.5% Yes

26.5% YesNo 73.5%

27.09.2026Teilrevision der Verfassung des Kantons Graubünden (Stimmrechtsalter 16)Cantonal GR● Rejected · 32.6% YesDistrict Region Plessur: 36.9% Yes

37.9% YesNo 62.1%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Region Plessur: 54.4% Yes

53.8% YesNo 46.2%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Region Plessur: 42.1% Yes

40.9% YesNo 59.1%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Region Plessur: 53.4% Yes

54.1% YesNo 45.9%

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 Plessur: 28.4% Yes

29.4% YesNo 70.6%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Region Plessur: 35.4% Yes

34.9% YesNo 65.1%

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

33.4% YesNo 66.6%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict Region Plessur: 72.4% Yes

72.5% YesNo 27.5%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SP25.4% · strongest party

SP25.4%

SVP23.2%

Mitte19.2%

FDP13.9%

GLP8.3%

2023 result for today's territory: the party votes of Chur and Tschiertschen-Praden added together (merged on 01.01.2025).

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier88%

Cantonal tax multiplier92%

88%GR range 30%120%

Tax rank 46 of 100 in canton Grisons

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

12'575 CHF(12.6%)

Rank 46 of 100 in the canton · 410 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:12'575 CHF(~12.6%)

ChurCanton range GrisonsSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Chur	Grisons	Switzerland median
40'000	3.7%	2.6–4.3%	5.4%
50'000	5.8%	4.1–6.8%	7.8%
60'000	7.7%	5.5–9%	10.5%
70'000	9.3%	6.6–10.8%	11.9%
80'000	10.5%	7.5–12.2%	13.1%
90'000	11.5%	8.2–13.3%	14.1%
100'000	12.6%	9.1–14.5%	15.3%
110'000	13.5%	9.8–15.5%	16.3%
120'000	14.3%	10.5–16.4%	17.2%
130'000	15%	11–17.2%	18.1%
140'000	15.8%	11.7–18%	19%
150'000	16.5%	12.2–18.8%	19.7%
175'000	18%	13.5–20.5%	21.6%
200'000	19.3%	14.7–21.9%	23.2%
225'000	20.4%	15.6–23.1%	24.6%
250'000	21.4%	16.5–24.1%	25.8%
275'000	22.3%	17.3–25%	26.8%
300'000	23%	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 1991–20209.2 °C

Territorial mean (incl. peaks)6 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020991 mm

9.2 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

2'807 m

Mean elevation

1'342 m

Relief

2'270 m

Mean slope

24.1°

Flat share

10.4%

South-facing

15.7%

Above 2000 m

19.3%

Relief 2'270 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

191.1 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

260.5 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

42'500

Per inhabitant

4'807 kWh/yr

191 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

28.55 Rp./kWh

Energy

10.1 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

12.97 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

4.3 Rp./kWh

28.55 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator IBC Energie Wasser Chur (IBC)

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 Chur →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

0.23 %

Second homes

12.4 %

Avg. rooms

3.4

Dwellings

21'635

Built before 194618.8%

Built since 200123.8%

0.23 %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

35'405

Workplaces

3'914

Services share

89.6 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 127 (0.4%) · Secondary 3'542 (10.0%) · Tertiary 31'736 (89.6%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

48.7 %

Farmland

1'152 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 100 min · Car 85 min

AgglomerationPT 7 min · Car 5 min

Remoteness 81/100 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number3901

Websitechur.ch ↗

DistrictRegion Plessur

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Chur ranks

Largest municipalities39'753 #1 GR · #15 CH Growing municipalities0.7% #47 GR · #981 CH Shrinking municipalities0.7% #54 GR · #1130 CH Jobs per resident0.89 #11 GR · #120 CH Families & children16.7% #54 GR · #1855 CH Age structure22.8% #67 GR · #712 CH Women share50.9% #14 GR · #459 CH Foreign residents24.4% #19 GR · #581 CH Population density485/km² #2 GR · #521 CH Tax burden12'575 #46 GR · #410 CH Taxes88% #46 GR Warmest municipalities9.2 °C #3 GR · #1249 CH Sunniest municipalities49.1% #39 GR · #271 CH Rainiest municipalities991 mm #80 GR · #1663 CH Voter turnout54% #56 GR · #1363 CH Against Switzerland9.8% #42 GR · #1239 CH Aligned with Switzerland90.2% #15 GR · #250 CH SVP strongholds23.2% #88 GR · #1654 CH SP strongholds25.4% #7 GR · #161 CH Centre strongholds19.2% #55 GR · #573 CH FDP strongholds13.9% #47 GR · #938 CH GLP strongholds8.3% #8 GR · #532 CH Green strongholds8.1% #6 GR · #863 CH Largest by area82 km² #29 GR · #96 CH Highest municipalities593 m #94 GR · #845 CH Second homes12.4% #91 GR · #854 CH Organic farming48.7% #61 GR · #150 CH Best-connected municipalities100 min #20 GR · #1708 CH Remotest municipalities100 min #81 GR · #404 CH Highest peaks2'807 m #59 GR · #191 CH Highest-lying municipalities1'342 m #74 GR · #251 CH Greatest vertical range2'270 m #29 GR · #132 CH Steepest municipalities24.1° #69 GR · #287 CH Solar potential191 GWh #1 GR · #17 CH Solar potential per capita4'807 kWh #100 GR · #1999 CH Cheapest electricity28.55 Rp./kWh #51 GR · #1408 CH Most expensive electricity28.55 Rp./kWh #50 GR · #699 CH

Postal codes (6)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 6

Chur7000 Haldenstein7023 Maladers7026 Malix7074 Praden7063 Tschiertschen7064

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Chur?: Chur has 6 postal codes: 7000, 7023, 7026, 7063, 7064, 7074.
What is the tax rate in Chur?: The municipal tax multiplier of Chur is 88% (2026); canton GR levies 92%.
How much tax do you pay in Chur?: A single person without children pays about 12'575 CHF income tax in Chur on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 46 of 100 in canton GR. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Chur have?: Chur has 39'753 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Chur?: Chur has 9'717 foreign residents, a share of 24.44% (2025).

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