Population
39'177↑0.6%
About Chur
Municipality · Graubünden
Chur is the capital and largest town of the Swiss canton of the Grisons and lies in the Grisonian Rhine Valley, where the Rhine turns towards the north, in the northern part of the canton. The city, on the right bank of the Rhine, is reputedly the oldest town in Switzerland.
Population
39'177
Tax multiplier
88%
Chur in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.Tax multiplier
88%
Middle in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 64'172
Above average in canton
Vacancy
0.23%↑21.1%
Below average in canton
- Forest55%
- Agriculture21%
- Settlement16%
- Other8%
Foreign residents
24.1%↑2.5%
Top quartile in canton
Dwellings
22'174↓2.0%
Jobs (FTE)
25'921↑2.1%
88%
66%
Fibre
Housing market in Chur
The rental vacancy rate is 0.23%, 63% below the cantonal average (0.61 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 88%, roughly the cantonal average (88 %) — tax-favourable. Median taxable income is CHF 64'172, 5% below the Swiss median (CHF 67'216). Chur has 39'177 residents (2024).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
