Population
2'056↓0.9%
About Vella
City · Graubünden
Vella is a village and a former municipality in the district of Surselva in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. The municipalities of Cumbel, Degen, Lumbrein, Morissen, Suraua, Vignogn, Vella, and Vrin merged on 1 January 2013 into the new municipality of Lumnezia.
Population
2'056
Tax multiplier
90%
Vella in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.90%
Middle in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 38'500↓14.8%
Below average in canton
Median net income
CHF 43'000↓15.6%
73%
Cantonal tax multiplier
92%↓3.2%
0.23%↓14.8%
Below average in canton
- Agriculture45%
- Other32%
- Forest22%
- Settlement2%
Foreign residents
8.0%↓4.3%
Bottom quartile in canton
Median price
CHF 8'701/ m²
+2% vs CH
Dwellings
2'609↑0.6%
Jobs (FTE)
617↓1.3%
37%
34%
Fibre
Property market in Vella
The rental vacancy rate is 0.23%, 63% below the cantonal average (0.61 %). The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 90%, roughly the cantonal average (88 %). Median taxable income is CHF 47'600, 23% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Vella has 2'056 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
