What is the postal code of Medel?

Medel has 2 postal codes: 7184, 7185.

What is the tax rate in Medel?

The municipal tax multiplier of Medel is 70% (2026); canton GR levies 92%.

How much tax do you pay in Medel?

A single person without children pays about 11'488 CHF income tax in Medel on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 14 of 100 in canton GR. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Medel have?

Medel has 330 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Medel?

Medel has 35 foreign residents, a share of 10.61% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton GR · Region Surselva

Medel

7184–7185

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

162 49.1%

Men

168 50.9%

Children & youth (0–19)

27 8.2%

Swiss citizens

295 89.4%

Foreign residents

35 10.6%

Population density

2 pop./km²

0–19 · 27 · 8.2%20–64 · 206 · 62.4%65+ · 97 · 29.4%

Foreign residents 10.6%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +2 (+0.6%) · 4 births · 5 deaths · net migration +3

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 Medel

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 Surselva: 21.7% Yes

18.3% YesNo 81.7%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Region Surselva: 31.7% Yes

23.1% YesNo 76.9%

27.09.2026Teilrevision der Verfassung des Kantons Graubünden (Stimmrechtsalter 16)Cantonal GR● Rejected · 32.6% YesDistrict Region Surselva: 30.7% Yes

28.8% YesNo 71.2%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Region Surselva: 62.3% Yes

67.6% YesNo 32.5%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Region Surselva: 46.9% Yes

41.0% YesNo 59.0%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Region Surselva: 43.3% Yes

53.8% YesNo 46.2%

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 Surselva: 19.5% Yes

20.4% YesNo 79.6%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Region Surselva: 31.5% Yes

21.3% YesNo 78.7%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Region Surselva: 37.2% Yes

41.9% YesNo 58.1%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict Region Surselva: 69.5% Yes

70.3% YesNo 29.7%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

Mitte54.3% · strongest party

Mitte54.3%

SVP23.3%

SP9.1%

FDP7.3%

GRÜNE2.8%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier70%

Cantonal tax multiplier92%

70%GR range 30%120%

Tax rank 18 of 100 in canton Grisons

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

11'488 CHF(11.5%)

Rank 14 of 100 in the canton · 195 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:11'488 CHF(~11.5%)

MedelCanton range GrisonsSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Medel	Grisons	Switzerland median
40'000	3.4%	2.6–4.3%	5.4%
50'000	5.3%	4.1–6.8%	7.8%
60'000	7%	5.5–9%	10.5%
70'000	8.5%	6.6–10.8%	11.9%
80'000	9.6%	7.5–12.2%	13.1%
90'000	10.5%	8.2–13.3%	14.1%
100'000	11.5%	9.1–14.5%	15.3%
110'000	12.4%	9.8–15.5%	16.3%
120'000	13.1%	10.5–16.4%	17.2%
130'000	13.8%	11–17.2%	18.1%
140'000	14.5%	11.7–18%	19%
150'000	15.1%	12.2–18.8%	19.7%
175'000	16.6%	13.5–20.5%	21.6%
200'000	17.9%	14.7–21.9%	23.2%
225'000	18.9%	15.6–23.1%	24.6%
250'000	19.9%	16.5–24.1%	25.8%
275'000	20.7%	17.3–25%	26.8%
300'000	21.4%	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 1991–20206.4 °C

Territorial mean (incl. peaks)1.3 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'162 mm

6.4 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

3'187 m

Mean elevation

2'234 m

Relief

2'092 m

Mean slope

28.9°

Flat share

2.6%

South-facing

16.8%

Above 2000 m

70.2%

Relief 2'092 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

9.5 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

14 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

2'100

Per inhabitant

28'788 kWh/yr

10 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

27.75 Rp./kWh

Energy

13.5 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

10.88 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.3 Rp./kWh

27.75 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator Ovra Electrica Medel, Elektrizitätswerk

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 Medel →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

1.09 %

Second homes

65.5 %

Avg. rooms

3.6

Dwellings

457

Built before 194650.1%

Built since 20013.7%

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

1.09 %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

152

Workplaces

Services share

57.9 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 50 (32.9%) · Secondary 14 (9.2%) · Tertiary 88 (57.9%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

58.8 %

Farmland

408 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 203 min · Car 95 min

AgglomerationPT 114 min · Car 78 min

Remoteness 15/100 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number3983

Websitemedel.ch ↗

DistrictRegion Surselva

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Medel ranks

Largest municipalities330 #83 GR · #1941 CH Growing municipalities0.6% #49 GR · #1023 CH Shrinking municipalities0.6% #52 GR · #1089 CH Jobs per resident0.46 #62 GR · #638 CH Families & children8.2% #96 GR · #2095 CH Age structure29.4% #22 GR · #119 CH Women share49.1% #53 GR · #1482 CH Foreign residents10.6% #74 GR · #1658 CH Population density2/km² #99 GR · #2099 CH Tax burden11'488 #17 GR · #198 CH Taxes70% #18 GR Warmest municipalities6.4 °C #33 GR · #1906 CH Sunniest municipalities45.3% #96 GR · #628 CH Rainiest municipalities1'162 mm #60 GR · #789 CH Voter turnout51.4% #76 GR · #1654 CH SVP strongholds23.3% #87 GR · #1649 CH SP strongholds9.1% #86 GR · #1604 CH Centre strongholds54.3% #6 GR · #53 CH FDP strongholds7.3% #88 GR · #1675 CH GLP strongholds1.7% #91 GR · #1807 CH Green strongholds2.8% #76 GR · #1895 CH Largest by area136.2 km² #18 GR · #40 CH Highest municipalities1'332 m #44 GR · #132 CH Second homes65.5% #26 GR · #68 CH Organic farming58.8% #50 GR · #86 CH Best-connected municipalities203 min #86 GR · #2096 CH Remotest municipalities203 min #15 GR · #15 CH Highest peaks3'187 m #28 GR · #94 CH Highest-lying municipalities2'234 m #17 GR · #48 CH Greatest vertical range2'092 m #43 GR · #174 CH Steepest municipalities28.9° #24 GR · #128 CH Solar potential10 GWh #74 GR · #1588 CH Solar potential per capita28'788 kWh #10 GR · #52 CH Cheapest electricity27.75 Rp./kWh #46 GR · #1195 CH Most expensive electricity27.75 Rp./kWh #55 GR · #911 CH

Postal codes (2)

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Localities

swisstopo · 2

Curaglia7184 Platta7185

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Medel?: Medel has 2 postal codes: 7184, 7185.
What is the tax rate in Medel?: The municipal tax multiplier of Medel is 70% (2026); canton GR levies 92%.
How much tax do you pay in Medel?: A single person without children pays about 11'488 CHF income tax in Medel on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 14 of 100 in canton GR. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Medel have?: Medel has 330 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Medel?: Medel has 35 foreign residents, a share of 10.61% (2025).

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