Chur
Municipality in the canton of Graubünden · FSO no. 3901
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Chur centerThe parcel data lists 8’970 parcels in Chur, covering 82 km². 56.3% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 722 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 8’970
- 4% of the canton
- Total area
- 82 km²
- 1.2% of the canton
- Median area
- 722 m²
- Canton: 1’110 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 56.3%
- Canton: 38.7%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- -
- Canton: 1965
- Switzerland: 1975
About Chur
Chur ranks 2nd of 100 municipalities in the canton of Graubünden by number of parcels and holds 4% of the canton's parcels on 1.2% of its area. The median parcel in Chur measures 722 m², smaller than the canton median of 1’110 m². Chur is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 56.3% of its parcels have a building, against 38.7% across the canton. The figures for Chur include the parcels of a former municipality that has merged into it.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (25.8%), Wohnzone 2 (13.8%) and Wohnzone 1 (10.2%). In total, Chur uses 47 zone designations.
According to the building register, Chur has 6’350 buildings with 22’573 dwellings, 3.6 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 50.1% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 19.5% of all buildings.
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 5’050 (56.3%)
Unbuilt: 3’920 (43.7%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 2’312 | 25.75 km² | 19.6% |
| Wohnzone 2 | 1’235 | 0.89 km² | 85.8% |
| Wohnzone 1 | 919 | 0.80 km² | 80.2% |
| Wohnzone 3 | 690 | 0.72 km² | 84.3% |
| Wohnzone 4 | 602 | 1.16 km² | 81.7% |
| Wald | 362 | 35.49 km² | 19.6% |
| Übriges Gemeindegebiet | 355 | 1.61 km² | 16.9% |
| Dorfzone | 258 | 0.11 km² | 77.1% |
| Wohnzone | 246 | 0.16 km² | 73.6% |
| Zentrumszone Altstadt 1 | 237 | 0.08 km² | 80.6% |
| Gemischte Zone 4 | 213 | 0.50 km² | 83.1% |
| Zentrumszone Altstadt 2 | 145 | 0.08 km² | 78.6% |
| Other zones (35 labels) | 1’396 | 14.65 km² | 52.5% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 6’350 buildings with 22’573 dwellings here; 2’392 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 6’350
- Dwellings
- 22’573
- Single-family houses
- 2’392
- Building volume
- 30.7 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Chur
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Chur. Its parcel map shows the parcels of the official cadastral survey with their area, their zone from the municipal zoning plan and their buildings, on swisstopo maps. Building zones, the property map and the geodata of each parcel open on the geopool map. The ÖREB extract of a parcel (public-law restrictions on landownership) is in lookup.