Chur

For other uses, see Chur (disambiguation).

Chur
Municipality
Chur, looking upstream, to the west
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Chur
Chur Location within Switzerland Chur Location within Canton of Grisons
Coordinates: 46°51′N 9°32′E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Grisons
District	Plessur
Government
• Executive	Stadtrat with 3 members
• Mayor	Stadtpräsident (list) Hans Martin Meuli FDP.The Liberals (as of June 2024)
• Parliament	Gemeinderat with 21 members
Area
• Total	54.26 km2 (20.95 sq mi)
Elevation (Postplatz)	592 m (1,942 ft)
Highest elevation (Tschaggo)	2,223 m (7,293 ft)
Lowest elevation (Rhein (Halbmil))	551 m (1,808 ft)
Population  (2024-12-31)
• Total	39,984
• Density	736.9/km2 (1,909/sq mi)
Demonym	German: Churer(in)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	7000 Chur, 7026 Maladers, 7074 Malix (partly)
SFOS number	3901
ISO 3166 code	CH-GR
Localities	Altstadt, Sand, Kasernenquartier, Industriegebiet, Loestrasse-Lürlibad, Haldenstein, Maladers, Masans, Praden, Rheinquartier, Tschiertschen
Surrounded by	Arosa, Churwalden, Domat/Ems, Felsberg, Malix, Trimmis, Untervaz, Pfäfers
Twin towns	Bad Homburg (Germany), Cabourg (France), Mayrhofen (Austria), Mondorf-les-Bains (Luxembourg), Terracina (Italy), Olathe (United States)
Website	chur.ch

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.

On 1 January 2020 the former municipality of Maladers merged into Chur and on 1 January 2021 Haldenstein also merged. On 1 January 2025 the former municipality of Tschiertschen-Praden merged into Chur.