Population
598↑4.9%
About Hinterrhein
City · Graubünden
Hinterrhein is a village and a former municipality in the Viamala Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. The village is located near the start of the river Hinterrhein/Rein Posteriur, one of the two initial tributaries of the Rhine. On 1 January 2019 the former municipalities of Hinterrhein, Nufenen and Splügen merged to form the new municipality of Rheinwald.
Population
598
Tax multiplier
100%
Hinterrhein in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.100%
Above average in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 37'100↓14.1%
Bottom quartile in canton
Median net income
CHF 43'000↓9.1%
69%
Cantonal tax multiplier
92%↓3.2%
0.37%↓24.5%
Middle in canton
- Other50%
- Agriculture34%
- Forest15%
- Settlement1%
Foreign residents
15.2%↑7.1%
Middle in canton
Dwellings
811↓0.6%
Jobs (FTE)
270↑5.9%
36%
1%
Fibre
Housing market in Hinterrhein
The rental vacancy rate is 0.37%, 40% below the cantonal average (0.61 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 100%, 13% above the cantonal average (88 %). Median taxable income is CHF 49'100, 21% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Hinterrhein has 598 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
