City profile · Switzerland · Europe
Chur
Grisons · Switzerland
City population
35,373
#17
in Switzerland
#15,553
worldwide
46.850, 9.533 · 159 km from Bern
About Chur
Chur is a city in Grisons, Switzerland with a population of 35,373. It is the 17th largest of the 73 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Switzerland, and the 15,553rd largest worldwide. It lies 159 km from Bern.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Grisons
Elevation
601 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Zurich
Coordinates
46.850, 9.533
Record updated
2026-04-13
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
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