Population
1'586↓0.4%
About Zernez
Municipality · Graubünden
Zernez is a village and a municipality in the Engiadina Bassa/Val Müstair Region in the Swiss canton of the Grisons. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Lavin and Susch merged into the municipality of Zernez.
Population
1'586
Tax multiplier
84%
Zernez in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.84%
Below average in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 50'100↑12.7%
Top quartile in canton
Median net income
CHF 55'067↑12.3%
77%
Cantonal tax multiplier
92%↓3.2%
0.83%↑53.7%
Above average in canton
- Other60%
- Forest28%
- Agriculture12%
- Settlement1%
Foreign residents
21.3%↓1.7%
Above average in canton
Median price
CHF 9'050/ m²
+6% vs CH
Dwellings
1'325↑2.2%
Jobs (FTE)
769↓0.4%
62%
Property market in Zernez
The rental vacancy rate is 0.83%, 35% above the cantonal average (0.61 %). The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 84%, 5% below the cantonal average (88 %) — tax-favourable. Median taxable income is CHF 56'050, 9% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Zernez has 1'586 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).