What is the postal code of Pontresina?

The postal code of Pontresina is 7504.

What is the tax rate in Pontresina?

The municipal tax multiplier of Pontresina is 75% (2026); canton GR levies 92%.

How much tax do you pay in Pontresina?

A single person without children pays about 11'790 CHF income tax in Pontresina on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 22 of 100 in canton GR. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Pontresina have?

Pontresina has 2'077 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Pontresina?

Pontresina has 673 foreign residents, a share of 32.4% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton GR

Pontresina

7504

GR CANTON7504

Residents

2'077

Area

118.2 km²

Population density

18 pop./km²

Elevation

2'446 m a.s.l.

Terrain up to

4'032 m a.s.l.

Tax multiplier

75%

Postal codes

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'056 50.8%

Men

1'021 49.2%

Children & youth (0–19)

313 15.1%

Swiss citizens

1'404 67.6%

Foreign residents

673 32.4%

Population density

18 pop./km²

0–19 · 313 · 15.1%20–64 · 1'280 · 61.6%65+ · 484 · 23.3%

Foreign residents 32.4%0%64.0%

STATPOP 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026 · swisstopo, retrieved 24.08.2026

Vote results for Pontresina

BFS

14.06.2026Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)Federal● Accepted · 52.5% Yes

64.6% YesNo 35.4%

14.06.2026Volksinitiative «Keine 10-Millionen-Schweiz! (Nachhaltigkeitsinitiative)»Federal● Rejected · 45.2% Yes

43.5% YesNo 56.5%

08.03.2026Bundesgesetz über die IndividualbesteuerungFederal● Accepted · 54.3% Yes

51.8% YesNo 48.2%

08.03.2026Volksinitiative «Für eine gerechte Energie- und Klimapolitik: Investieren für Wohlstand, Arbeit und Umwelt (Klimafonds-Initiative)»Federal● Rejected · 29.3% Yes

19.4% YesNo 80.6%

08.03.2026Volksinitiative «200 Franken sind genug! (SRG-Initiative)»Federal● Rejected · 38.1% Yes

35.2% YesNo 64.9%

08.03.2026Bargeldinitiative und Gegenvorschlag: StichfrageFederal● Rejected · 37.4% Yes

35.3% YesNo 64.8%

08.03.2026Bundesbeschluss über die schweizerische Währung und die Bargeldversorgung (Gegenvorschlag zur Bargeldinitiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% Yes

75.4% YesNo 24.6%

08.03.2026Volksinitiative «Ja zu einer unabhängigen, freien Schweizer Währung mit Münzen oder Banknoten (Bargeld ist Freiheit)»Federal● Rejected · 45.6% Yes

41.2% YesNo 58.8%

30.11.2025Volksinitiative «Für eine soziale Klimapolitik – steuerlich gerecht finanziert (Initiative für eine Zukunft)»Federal● Rejected · 21.7% Yes

12.0% YesNo 88.0%

30.11.2025Volksinitiative «Für eine engagierte Schweiz (Service-citoyen-Initiative)»Federal● Rejected · 15.9% Yes

15.5% YesNo 84.6%

All federal votes →

Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP31.4% · strongest party

SVP31.4%

FDP24.7%

SP16.3%

Mitte14.6%

GLP7.1%

sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier75%

Cantonal tax multiplier92%

75%GR range 30%120%

Tax rank 25 of 100 in canton Grisons

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

11'790 CHF(11.8%)

Rank 22 of 100 in the canton · 266 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:11'790 CHF(~11.8%)

PontresinaCanton range GrisonsSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Pontresina	Grisons	Switzerland median
40'000	3.5%	2.6–4.3%	5.4%
50'000	5.4%	4.1–6.8%	7.8%
60'000	7.2%	5.5–9%	10.5%
70'000	8.7%	6.6–10.8%	11.9%
80'000	9.8%	7.5–12.2%	13.1%
90'000	10.7%	8.2–13.3%	14.1%
100'000	11.8%	9.1–14.5%	15.3%
110'000	12.7%	9.8–15.5%	16.3%
120'000	13.4%	10.5–16.4%	17.2%
130'000	14.1%	11–17.2%	18.1%
140'000	14.9%	11.7–18%	19%
150'000	15.5%	12.2–18.8%	19.7%
175'000	17%	13.5–20.5%	21.6%
200'000	18.3%	14.7–21.9%	23.2%
225'000	19.4%	15.6–23.1%	24.6%
250'000	20.3%	16.5–24.1%	25.8%
275'000	21.1%	17.3–25%	26.8%
300'000	21.8%	17.9–25.8%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 31.08.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20202.1 °C

Territorial mean (incl. peaks)-1.1 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020762 mm

2.1 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

4'032 m

Mean elevation

2'565 m

Relief

2'304 m

Mean slope

26.3°

Flat share

4.5%

South-facing

19.5%

Above 2000 m

91.1%

Relief 2'304 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

27.4 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

41 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

6'100

27 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 31.08.2026

Electricity

ElCom · 2026

Tariff H4

29.2 Rp./kWh

Energy

9.6 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

15.3 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.3 Rp./kWh

29.2 Rp./kWh9.6443.61

Canton median 29.2 Rp./kWhSwiss median 27.7 Rp./kWh

Network operator Repower AG

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.

2026 · Federal Electricity Commission (ElCom), retrieved 28.08.2026

Housing

BFS

Vacancy rate

0.13 %

Avg. rooms

3.1

Dwellings

2'335

Built before 194617.9%

Built since 200122.3%

0.13 %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 31.08.2026 · Vacant dwellings survey 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 220 min · Car 157 min

AgglomerationPT 19 min · Car 11 min

Remoteness 10/100 in canton

National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 28.08.2026

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

Websitegemeinde-pontresina.ch ↗

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 31.08.2026

Rankings

Largest municipalities2'077 #30 GR · #948 CH Families & children15.1% #68 GR · #1976 CH Age structure23.3% #63 GR · #616 CH Women share50.8% #15 GR · #510 CH Foreign residents32.4% #7 GR · #223 CH Population density18/km² #62 GR · #1994 CH Tax burden11'790 #24 GR · #268 CH Taxes75% #25 GR Warmest municipalities2.1 °C #70 GR · #2069 CH Sunniest municipalities51.7% #12 GR · #188 CH Rainiest municipalities762 mm #100 GR · #2056 CH Voter turnout56.2% #30 GR · #913 CH Against Switzerland13% #27 GR · #1068 CH Aligned with Switzerland87% #25 GR · #399 CH SVP strongholds31.4% #50 GR · #1185 CH SP strongholds16.3% #46 GR · #805 CH Centre strongholds14.6% #82 GR · #852 CH FDP strongholds24.7% #5 GR · #241 CH GLP strongholds7.1% #20 GR · #730 CH Green strongholds3.6% #60 GR · #1793 CH Largest by area118.2 km² #21 GR · #53 CH Highest municipalities2'446 m #3 GR · #7 CH Remotest municipalities220 min #10 GR · #10 CH Best-connected municipalities220 min #91 GR · #2101 CH Highest peaks4'032 m #1 GR · #19 CH Highest-lying municipalities2'565 m #2 GR · #11 CH Greatest vertical range2'304 m #25 GR · #126 CH Steepest municipalities26.3° #51 GR · #220 CH Solar potential27 GWh #35 GR · #754 CH Cheapest electricity29.2 Rp./kWh #58 GR · #1288 CH Most expensive electricity29.2 Rp./kWh #39 GR · #815 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

7504

Pontresina

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Pontresina7504

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Pontresina?: The postal code of Pontresina is 7504.
What is the tax rate in Pontresina?: The municipal tax multiplier of Pontresina is 75% (2026); canton GR levies 92%.
How much tax do you pay in Pontresina?: A single person without children pays about 11'790 CHF income tax in Pontresina on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 22 of 100 in canton GR. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Pontresina have?: Pontresina has 2'077 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Pontresina?: Pontresina has 673 foreign residents, a share of 32.4% (2025).

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