What is the postal code of Samedan?

Samedan has 3 postal codes: 7503, 7504, 7513.

What is the tax rate in Samedan?

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

How much tax do you pay in Samedan?

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

How many residents does Samedan have?

Samedan has 2'926 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Samedan?

Samedan has 752 foreign residents, a share of 25.7% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton GR · Region Maloja

Samedan

7503–7513

GR CANTON7503 7504 7513

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'461 49.9%

Men

1'465 50.1%

Children & youth (0–19)

467 16.0%

Swiss citizens

2'174 74.3%

Foreign residents

752 25.7%

Population density

26 pop./km²

0–19 · 467 · 16.0%20–64 · 1'851 · 63.3%65+ · 608 · 20.8%

Foreign residents 25.7%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +25 (+0.9%) · 19 births · 30 deaths · net migration +35

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 Samedan

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

21.7% YesNo 78.3%

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

31.3% YesNo 68.7%

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

33.9% YesNo 66.1%

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

62.2% YesNo 37.8%

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

41.6% YesNo 58.5%

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

52.2% YesNo 47.8%

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

22.1% YesNo 77.9%

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

31.6% YesNo 68.4%

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

33.9% YesNo 66.1%

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

75.0% YesNo 25.0%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP29.4% · strongest party

SVP29.4%

FDP22.0%

SP19.7%

Mitte15.3%

GLP6.0%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier75%

Cantonal tax multiplier92%

75%GR range 30%120%

Tax rank 24 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%)

SamedanCanton range GrisonsSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Samedan	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 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20202.1 °C

Territorial mean (incl. peaks)-1.2 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020776 mm

2.1 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

4'019 m

Mean elevation

2'579 m

Relief

2'324 m

Mean slope

27.6°

Flat share

6.4%

South-facing

13.4%

Above 2000 m

88.9%

Relief 2'324 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

37.6 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

54.8 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

8'300

Per inhabitant

12'840 kWh/yr

38 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

29.03 Rp./kWh

Energy

11 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

12.9 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.8 Rp./kWh

29.03 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator Energia Samedan

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 Samedan →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

0.36 %

Second homes

48.9 %

Avg. rooms

Dwellings

2'816

Built before 194619.7%

Built since 200122.3%

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

0.36 %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

3'104

Workplaces

371

Services share

85 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 25 (0.8%) · Secondary 440 (14.2%) · Tertiary 2'639 (85.0%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

42.9 %

Farmland

312 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 234 min · Car 151 min

AgglomerationPT 15 min · Car 8 min

Remoteness 9/100 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number3786

Websitesamedan.ch ↗

DistrictRegion Maloja

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Samedan ranks

Largest municipalities2'926 #18 GR · #743 CH Growing municipalities0.9% #42 GR · #870 CH Shrinking municipalities0.9% #59 GR · #1243 CH Jobs per resident1.06 #7 GR · #77 CH Families & children16% #62 GR · #1914 CH Age structure20.8% #86 GR · #1079 CH Women share49.9% #32 GR · #1018 CH Foreign residents25.7% #17 GR · #517 CH Population density26/km² #48 GR · #1923 CH Tax burden11'790 #25 GR · #269 CH Taxes75% #24 GR Warmest municipalities2.1 °C #71 GR · #2070 CH Sunniest municipalities52.9% #8 GR · #163 CH Rainiest municipalities776 mm #99 GR · #2052 CH Voter turnout53% #68 GR · #1473 CH Against Switzerland7.8% #49 GR · #1342 CH Aligned with Switzerland92.2% #5 GR · #142 CH SVP strongholds29.4% #60 GR · #1305 CH SP strongholds19.7% #24 GR · #490 CH Centre strongholds15.3% #78 GR · #812 CH FDP strongholds22% #14 GR · #345 CH GLP strongholds6% #34 GR · #978 CH Green strongholds4.7% #37 GR · #1600 CH Largest by area113.8 km² #22 GR · #54 CH Highest municipalities2'970 m #1 GR · #1 CH Second homes48.9% #52 GR · #162 CH Organic farming42.9% #68 GR · #176 CH Best-connected municipalities234 min #92 GR · #2102 CH Remotest municipalities234 min #9 GR · #9 CH Highest peaks4'019 m #2 GR · #20 CH Highest-lying municipalities2'579 m #1 GR · #9 CH Greatest vertical range2'324 m #24 GR · #121 CH Steepest municipalities27.6° #38 GR · #169 CH Solar potential38 GWh #18 GR · #518 CH Solar potential per capita12'840 kWh #67 GR · #652 CH Cheapest electricity29.03 Rp./kWh #65 GR · #1639 CH Most expensive electricity29.03 Rp./kWh #36 GR · #468 CH

Postal codes (3)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 3

Pontresina7504 Samedan7503 Silvaplana-Surlej7513

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Samedan?: Samedan has 3 postal codes: 7503, 7504, 7513.
What is the tax rate in Samedan?: The municipal tax multiplier of Samedan is 75% (2026); canton GR levies 92%.
How much tax do you pay in Samedan?: A single person without children pays about 11'790 CHF income tax in Samedan on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 22 of 100 in canton GR. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Samedan have?: Samedan has 2'926 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Samedan?: Samedan has 752 foreign residents, a share of 25.7% (2025).

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