What is the postal code of S-chanf?

S-chanf has 2 postal codes: 7525, 7526.

What is the tax rate in S-chanf?

The municipal tax multiplier of S-chanf is 65% (2026); canton GR levies 92%.

How much tax do you pay in S-chanf?

A single person without children pays about 11'186 CHF income tax in S-chanf on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 11 of 100 in canton GR. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does S-chanf have?

S-chanf has 736 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in S-chanf?

S-chanf has 145 foreign residents, a share of 19.7% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton GR · Region Maloja

S-chanf

7525–7526

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

357 48.5%

Men

379 51.5%

Children & youth (0–19)

128 17.4%

Swiss citizens

591 80.3%

Foreign residents

145 19.7%

Population density

5 pop./km²

0–19 · 128 · 17.4%20–64 · 445 · 60.5%65+ · 163 · 22.1%

Foreign residents 19.7%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +23 (+3.2%) · 8 births · 6 deaths · net migration +23

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 S-chanf

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 Maloja: 24.2% Yes

30.2% YesNo 69.8%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Region Maloja: 32.5% Yes

37.7% YesNo 62.3%

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

30.1% YesNo 69.9%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Region Maloja: 63.5% Yes

64.0% YesNo 36.0%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Region Maloja: 43.8% Yes

53.6% YesNo 46.4%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Region Maloja: 53.5% Yes

51.2% YesNo 48.9%

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 Maloja: 20.3% Yes

17.5% YesNo 82.5%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Region Maloja: 35.1% Yes

34.0% YesNo 66.0%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Region Maloja: 36.6% 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 Maloja: 74.8% Yes

71.8% YesNo 28.2%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP36.4% · strongest party

SVP36.4%

SP19.5%

FDP16.7%

Mitte14.3%

GLP6.4%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier65%

Cantonal tax multiplier92%

65%GR range 30%120%

Tax rank 12 of 100 in canton Grisons

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

11'186 CHF(11.2%)

Rank 11 of 100 in the canton · 136 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:11'186 CHF(~11.2%)

S-chanfCanton range GrisonsSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	S-chanf	Grisons	Switzerland median
40'000	3.3%	2.6–4.3%	5.4%
50'000	5.1%	4.1–6.8%	7.8%
60'000	6.8%	5.5–9%	10.5%
70'000	8.2%	6.6–10.8%	11.9%
80'000	9.3%	7.5–12.2%	13.1%
90'000	10.2%	8.2–13.3%	14.1%
100'000	11.2%	9.1–14.5%	15.3%
110'000	12.1%	9.8–15.5%	16.3%
120'000	12.8%	10.5–16.4%	17.2%
130'000	13.4%	11–17.2%	18.1%
140'000	14.1%	11.7–18%	19%
150'000	14.8%	12.2–18.8%	19.7%
175'000	16.2%	13.5–20.5%	21.6%
200'000	17.5%	14.7–21.9%	23.2%
225'000	18.5%	15.6–23.1%	24.6%
250'000	19.5%	16.5–24.1%	25.8%
275'000	20.3%	17.3–25%	26.8%
300'000	20.9%	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 1991–2020-2 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020994 mm

-2 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

3'186 m

Mean elevation

2'383 m

Relief

1'628 m

Mean slope

27.4°

Flat share

2.6%

South-facing

23.0%

Above 2000 m

81.9%

Relief 1'628 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

15.7 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

22 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

3'500

Per inhabitant

21'332 kWh/yr

16 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

23.26 Rp./kWh

Energy

7.6 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

10.42 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.8 Rp./kWh

23.26 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator Gemeinde S-chanf Energia S-chanf

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 2

Standard model, deductible 300535 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Grisons363 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in S-chanf →Canton Grisons →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 2 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

0.64 %

Second homes

40.4 %

Avg. rooms

3.5

Dwellings

626

Built before 194643.9%

Built since 200118.8%

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

0.64 %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

330

Workplaces

Services share

49.1 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 44 (13.3%) · Secondary 124 (37.6%) · Tertiary 162 (49.1%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

78.6 %

Farmland

393 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 184 min · Car 154 min

AgglomerationPT 43 min · Car 24 min

Remoteness 23/100 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number3788

Websites-chanf.ch ↗

DistrictRegion Maloja

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where S-chanf ranks

Largest municipalities736 #69 GR · #1625 CH Growing municipalities3.2% #12 GR · #137 CH Shrinking municipalities3.2% #89 GR · #1973 CH Jobs per resident0.45 #63 GR · #678 CH Families & children17.4% #44 GR · #1768 CH Age structure22.1% #75 GR · #844 CH Women share48.5% #60 GR · #1714 CH Foreign residents19.7% #35 GR · #889 CH Population density5/km² #94 GR · #2081 CH Tax burden11'186 #12 GR · #140 CH Taxes65% #12 GR Warmest municipalities-2 °C #98 GR · #2098 CH Sunniest municipalities49.2% #36 GR · #268 CH Rainiest municipalities994 mm #78 GR · #1649 CH Voter turnout50.4% #80 GR · #1746 CH SVP strongholds36.4% #34 GR · #879 CH SP strongholds19.5% #25 GR · #506 CH Centre strongholds14.3% #84 GR · #879 CH FDP strongholds16.7% #31 GR · #679 CH GLP strongholds6.4% #30 GR · #881 CH Green strongholds5.7% #27 GR · #1407 CH Largest by area138 km² #16 GR · #38 CH Highest municipalities1'878 m #18 GR · #40 CH Second homes40.4% #62 GR · #209 CH Organic farming78.6% #23 GR · #37 CH Best-connected municipalities184 min #78 GR · #2088 CH Remotest municipalities184 min #23 GR · #23 CH Highest peaks3'186 m #29 GR · #95 CH Highest-lying municipalities2'383 m #9 GR · #29 CH Greatest vertical range1'628 m #76 GR · #303 CH Steepest municipalities27.4° #40 GR · #178 CH Solar potential16 GWh #59 GR · #1209 CH Solar potential per capita21'332 kWh #36 GR · #155 CH Cheapest electricity23.26 Rp./kWh #20 GR · #74 CH Most expensive electricity23.26 Rp./kWh #81 GR · #2033 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 3

Chapella7526 Cinuos-chel7526 S-chanf7525

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of S-chanf?: S-chanf has 2 postal codes: 7525, 7526.
What is the tax rate in S-chanf?: The municipal tax multiplier of S-chanf is 65% (2026); canton GR levies 92%.
How much tax do you pay in S-chanf?: A single person without children pays about 11'186 CHF income tax in S-chanf on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 11 of 100 in canton GR. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does S-chanf have?: S-chanf has 736 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in S-chanf?: S-chanf has 145 foreign residents, a share of 19.7% (2025).

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