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Municipality · canton of Glarus

Glarus Süd

Municipality number 1631 in the federal register.

residents, 2025
9’634
km² of land
430.03
residents per km²
22
Canton
Glarus
District
None (the canton has no districts here)
Residents 2025
9’634−0.4% on 2024
Foreign residents
20.0%1’928 people
Private households 2025
4’613
Land area
430.03 km²without lakes
Building insurance
Compulsory, with glarnerSach (the canton’s own insurer).0.26 ‰ of the insured value a year: CHF 260 per CHF 1 million, plus up to CHF 13 federal stamp duty; the insurer does not say whether its rate includes it.Prämientarif GS V D/1/3 Art. 1, read 12.10.2026
Mortgage lenders
10 of 10lenders on MEconomy with no stated limit that excludes this canton
Postcodes
8750, 8755, 8756, 8762, 8765, 8766, 8767, 8772, 8773, 8774, 8775, 8777, 8782, 8783, 8784

What a household pays here

Health insurance and electricity for your household in Glarus Süd, against where you live today.

Sources: population and foreign residents on 31.12.2025 and private households 2025, Federal Statistical Office (STATPOP), on today’s municipal boundaries; municipalities, districts and land area without lakes, swisstopo swissTLMRegio; postcodes, swisstopo’s official locality register. Updated each September.