Businesses in Grächen

Industries

Business Distribution by Industry in Grächen

Industry Description	Number of Establishments
Other accommodation	74
Restaurants	20
Holiday homes, cabins and resorts	17
Hotels and motels	15
Shopping	8
Bars, pubs and taverns	6
Apartments	5
Buses and trains	5
Real estate	5
Corporate management	5
Construction of houses	5

Grächen Facts

Area	16.6 km²
Population	1,683
Male Population	818 (48.6%)
Female Population	865 (51.4%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+8.6%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+11.8%
Median Age	41.6 years (Male: 41.5, Female: 41.7)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$43,227 (2022)
Neighborhoods	Steg
Local Time
Timezone	Central European Summer Time
Lat & Lng	46.19637, 7.83950

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Grächen Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	1,550	1,492	1,506	1,582	1,683	1,696	1,709
Population Density	93.2 / km²	89.7 / km²	90.6 / km²	95.2 / km²	101.2 / km²	102 / km²	102.8 / km²

* Projected

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Grächen Population change from 2000 to 2020

Increase of 11.8% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Grächen	+8.6%	+12.8%	+11.8%
Valais	—	—	—
Switzerland	—	—	—

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Grächen Median Age

Median Age: 41.6 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Grächen	41.6 yrs	41.7 yrs	41.5 yrs
Valais	41.1 yrs	42.1 yrs	40.2 yrs
Switzerland	41.4 yrs	42.3 yrs	40.5 yrs

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Grächen Population Density

Population Density: 101 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Grächen	1,683	16.6 km²	101 / km²
Valais	340,468	5,223.3 km²	65.2 / km²
Switzerland	8.3 million	41,281.4 km²	200 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Grächen Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 0 to 2100

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Area Codes

Percentage Area Codes used by businesses in Grächen

Price Distribution

Business distribution by price for Grächen

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Grächen Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$28,275	$24,755	$27,912	$27,865	$39,856	$49,465	$44,707	$43,227
Total GDP	$31.8M	$27.8M	$29.6M	$28.3M	$39.8M	$50.5M	$47.4M	$45.6M

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Kosonen, M. & Masoumzadeh Sayyar, S. Downscaled gridded global dataset for gross domestic product (GDP) per capita PPP over 1990–2022. Sci Data 12, 178 (2025) doi:10.1038/s41597-025-04487-x

Grächen CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Grächen	18,833 tn	11.19 tn	1,132.8 tons/km²
Valais	3,785,473 tn	11.12 tn	724.7 tons/km²
Switzerland	96,432,235 tn	11.67 tn	2,336 tons/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Grächen CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	18,833 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	11.19 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	1,132.8 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Flood	High (8)
Earthquake	Medium (4)
Landslide	Medium (6)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and Norwegian Geotechnical Institute - NGI. 2005. Global Landslide Hazard Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4P848VZ.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Flood Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4668B3D.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Earthquake Hazard Distribution - Peak Ground Acceleration. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4BZ63ZS.

Recent Nearby Earthquakes

Magnitude 3.0 and greater

Date▼	Time↕	Magnitude↕	Distance↕	Depth↕	Location↕	Link
10/24/16	2:44 PM	4.4	32.2 km	5,760 m	6km NW of Leukerbad, Switzerland	usgs.gov
1/8/11	11:32 PM	3	21.6 km	4,700 m	Switzerland	usgs.gov
1/8/11	8:48 PM	3.4	28 km	6,600 m	Switzerland	usgs.gov
4/4/10	9:16 PM	3.6	45.5 km	7,100 m	northern Italy	usgs.gov
10/23/08	6:04 PM	3	53 km	5,000 m	northern Italy	usgs.gov
6/17/08	7:48 PM	3.5	41.9 km	4,800 m	Switzerland	usgs.gov
2/17/08	12:41 PM	4	61 km	8,400 m	Switzerland	usgs.gov
4/1/07	12:22 AM	3	58.1 km	2,000 m	Switzerland	usgs.gov
3/31/07	10:12 AM	3	66.7 km	5,000 m	northern Italy	usgs.gov
3/31/07	3:42 AM	3.1	66.3 km	10,000 m	northern Italy	usgs.gov

Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Grächen

Grächen is a municipality in the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. village is situated at an altitude of 1,620 meters (5,310 ft) on a terrace above St. Niklaus in the Mattertal, north of the Mischabel range (and Dom).

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