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Gränichen is a city in Switzerland, with a population of 8,692 at the end of 2024. The resident counts list 6,501 Swiss permanent residents and 31 non-permanent residents at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2427 sources

Population8,692people31 Dec 2024Official source · Switzerland official denominator source
Median gross salary (region)7,512EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch
Average net rent17.53EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2024Regional figureOfficial source · Loyer moyen par m2 en francs selon le nombre de pièces, par canton (mean rent per m2 in CHF by number of rooms and canton)
Recorded crime3,175incidents per 100,000country median 11,440 — 72% belowOfficial source · Aargau 2025 municipality crime tables: StGB, BetmG and AIG

Which Switzerland-wide rules apply when you move to Gränichen?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in SwitzerlandNational rates and thresholds that apply in Gränichen.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Gränichen recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€71
Mobile plan, 10 GB€56
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited70.68 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Swisscom blue Internet S11Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB56.03 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Salt Swiss 10GB7Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)17.53 EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2024Loyer moyen par m2 en francs selon le nombre de pièces, par canton (mean rent per m2 in CHF by number of rooms and canton)4Official · regional context

Is Gränichen a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker73%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 63–83%
Skilled employee72%strong on work, weak on education · range 62–82%
Student51%strong on cost, weak on education · range 40–62%
Family63%strong on family, weak on education · range 53–73%
Retirement61%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 49–73%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About €1,052 a month in cold rent, from the published average of 17.53 EUR/m²/month. Heating, water and operating charges come on top, and a specific flat can sit either side of an average.

How international is the population?

25.2% of residents hold a foreign nationality — 2,191 of 8,692 people. This counts nationality, not place of birth, so long-settled residents who naturalised are not in it.

Work and income

MetricValuePeriodSource
Median gross salary (regional)7,512 EUR/month31 Dec 2024www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch18Official

What does a salary buy in Gränichen?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

regional median gross pay: €7,512 (pxweb.bfs.admin.ch, 2024-12-31).
Left over each month€5,088of €6,266 take-home
  • Rent
  • Internet
  • Mobile
  • Left over
Line-by-line breakdown and sources
Each month€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.€6,266
Rent, 60 m²€17.53/m² · official · Loyer moyen par m2 en francs selon le nombre de pièces, par canton (mean rent per m2 in CHF by number of rooms and canton) · 2024-12-31− €1,052
Internet€71 · official · Swisscom blue Internet S · 2026-09-30− €71
Mobile plan€56 · official · Salt Swiss 10GB · 2026-09-30− €56
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish€5,088
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Gränichen Salary needed to live in Gränichen

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Gränichen. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

arbeit.swiss — Public employment service

State Secretariat for Economic Affairs / public employment service

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Gränichen. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesGränichen highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Gränichen highlighted

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Solothurn25,779
Bern20,196
Interlaken18,896
Olten15,369
Kloten13,097
St. Gallen9,783
Winterthur7,988
Muri bei Bern5,389
Wetzikon (ZH)4,048
Küsnacht (ZH)3,718
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents3,175 incidents per 100,000country median 11,44031 Dec 2025Aargau 2025 municipality crime tables: StGB, BetmG and AIG1Official

Mobility and administration

MetricValuePeriodSource
Nearest airportEML3 Aug 2026OurAirports5Official
Distance to nearest airport33 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports5Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Gränichen. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

Cantonal integration programmes — Newcomer Adaptation

SEM and cantons

For migrants, refugees.

German, French, ItalianIn Person
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fide language promotion system — State Language Course

State Secretariat for Migration (SEM)

For adult migrants.

German, French, ItalianIn Person, Online
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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Gränichen.

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Climate and air quality

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C
Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm
Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours
MetricValuePeriodSource
Average daytime high by monthJan 3.9 · Feb 5.9 · Mar 11.1 · Apr 15.6 · May 19.6 · Jun 23.5 · Jul 25.6 · Aug 25 · Sep 20.2 · Oct 14.5 · Nov 8 · Dec 4.3 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI13Official
Average night-time low by monthJan -1.5 · Feb -1.7 · Mar 1.2 · Apr 4.3 · May 8.5 · Jun 12.1 · Jul 13.6 · Aug 13.5 · Sep 9.8 · Oct 6.5 · Nov 2.3 · Dec -0.5 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI14Official
Average temperature by monthJan 1.2 · Feb 1.9 · Mar 5.9 · Apr 9.9 · May 14 · Jun 17.7 · Jul 19.4 · Aug 18.8 · Sep 14.6 · Oct 10.1 · Nov 5 · Dec 1.9 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI15Official
Average precipitation by monthJan 63.1 · Feb 52.6 · Mar 61.3 · Apr 63.2 · May 98.5 · Jun 92.2 · Jul 98.4 · Aug 98.3 · Sep 69.6 · Oct 72 · Nov 69.1 · Dec 81.4 mm31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI16Official
Average sunshine by monthJan 41.2 · Feb 74.2 · Mar 133.2 · Apr 166.8 · May 180.6 · Jun 200.2 · Jul 219.8 · Aug 204.1 · Sep 148.7 · Oct 86.3 · Nov 42.8 · Dec 31.1 hours31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI17Official

Similar climate. In Switzerland: Basel ±0.9 °C. Elsewhere: Cottbus (Germany) ±0.4 °C, Berlin (Germany) ±0.5 °C, Hoyerswerda (Germany) ±0.5 °C, Traunreut (Germany) ±0.9 °C, Traunstein (Germany) ±0.9 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Cars per 1,000 residents548.1 cars/1000 residents31 Dec 2024Swiss Federal Statistical Office/OFS/BFS10Official
City area17.28 km²2021Exact BFS Arealstatistik municipality area: sum of exhaustive NOAS top-level categories 1-4, PERIOD=A5 (2020-2025), FJ=2021, municipality REGION state 2025-01-01; hectares converted to km².2Official
Foreign non-permanent residents31 people31 Dec 2024Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 20246Official
Foreign residents2,191 people31 Dec 2024Ständige Wohnbevölkerung, Staatsangehörigkeit = Ausland, Gemeinde grain, 31.12.2024.8Official
Non-permanent residents31 people31 Dec 2024Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 20246Official
Population density503 people/km²31 Dec 2024Reproducible density from BFS STATPOP permanent population at 31.12.2024 divided by the exact official BFS municipality area denominator (2020-2025; FJ=2021; area observed_at=2021).2Official
Population8,692 people31 Dec 2024Switzerland official denominator source12Official
Swiss non-permanent residents0 people31 Dec 2024Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 20246Official
Swiss permanent residents6,501 people31 Dec 2024Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 20246Official

International community in Gränichen

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Non-permanent resident population, total sex, all ages · 2025-12-31

Published groupPeopleShare
Place of birth - total26100.0%
Abroad2596.2%
In Switzerland13.8%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source9

Country of birth

Permanent resident population, total sex, all ages · 2025-12-31

Published groupPeopleShare
Place of birth - total8,699100.0%
In Switzerland6,32872.7%
Abroad2,37127.3%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source9

Citizenship

Non-permanent resident population, total sex, all ages · 2025-12-31

Published groupPeopleShare
Citizenship - total26100.0%
Somalia415.4%
Germany311.5%
Poland311.5%
Romania311.5%
Türkiye311.5%
Croatia27.7%
Ethiopia27.7%
France13.8%
Greece13.8%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Hungary13.8%
Slovakia13.8%
Congo (Kinshasa)13.8%
Afghanistan13.8%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source9

Alternatives for people set on Gränichen

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Luzern as a Gränichen alternative in the same region

37 km away, better on 1 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent and recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

  • Residents: 86,234 Luzern vs 8,692 Gränichen+892%
  • Rent: €17.56/m² (2021) Luzern vs €17.53/m² (2024) Gränichenno percentage
  • Nearest airport: 5.0 km Luzern vs 33.0 km Gränichen−85%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 12,894 Luzern vs 3,175 Gränichenno percentage
  • Median gross pay, region: €7,445 Luzern vs €7,512 Gränichensame level
Full comparisonMore about Luzern

Bern as a Gränichen alternative in the same country

67 km away, better on 1 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent and recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

  • Residents: 137,995 Bern vs 8,692 Gränichen+1488%
  • Rent: €18.05/m² (2021) Bern vs €17.53/m² (2024) Gränichenno percentage
  • Nearest airport: 6.0 km Bern vs 33.0 km Gränichen−82%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 20,196 Bern vs 3,175 Gränichenno percentage
  • Median gross pay, region: €7,310 Bern vs €7,512 Gränichensame level
Full comparisonMore about Bern

Cities near Gränichen

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Alternative cities in Switzerland

Other cities in Switzerland to compare with Gränichen, nearest in population first.

All Switzerland cities
Muri (AG)8,712 residentsMenziken8,672 residentsGaiserwald8,714 residentsCollonge-Bellerive8,643 residentsAu (SG)8,628 residentsChâtel-Saint-Denis8,786 residents

How does Gränichen compare?

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Gränichen under the national coverage rules.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 4 to 15, and public school is free. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: Einführungsklassen / integrative DaZ-Sprachförderung (per canton). How to enrol a child (edk.ch).

A country-wide rule for Switzerland; Gränichen's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.

Is Gränichen part of Aarau?

Gränichen is in the published commuting zone of Aarau; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Aarau city profile

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source3

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How much does it cost to rent in Gränichen?

Average net cold rent is 17.53 EUR/m²/month, excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about €1,227 a month before utilities. Source: Loyer moyen par m2 en francs selon le nombre de pièces, par canton (mean rent per m2 in CHF by number of rooms and canton).

What is the typical salary around Gränichen?

The median gross salary is 7,512 EUR/month. Source: www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch.

How safe is Gränichen?

Police recorded 3,175 incidents per 100,000. This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Aargau 2025 municipality crime tables: StGB, BetmG and AIG.

How many people live in Gränichen?

The published population is 8,692 people. Source: Switzerland official denominator source.

How many foreign residents live in Gränichen?

2,191 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Ständige Wohnbevölkerung, Staatsangehörigkeit = Ausland, Gemeinde grain, 31.12.2024..

Is Gränichen a good place to live?

Gränichen may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Is Gränichen part of Aarau?

Gränichen is in the published commuting zone of Aarau; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

Which cities are near Gränichen?

Aarau, Suhr, Oberentfelden, Buchs (AG), Seon are near Gränichen. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Place of birth - total live in Gränichen?

The official country of birth distribution records 26 people (100.0%) in the source-defined population for 2025-12-31. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Gränichen, Switzerland: population, rent, salary, safety [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 9fa527381f6ddfe209aef9a6da55c150]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ch/granichen/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Gränichen, Switzerland: population, rent, salary, safety},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {9fa527381f6ddfe209aef9a6da55c150},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ch/granichen/},
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}
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  1. Aargau 2025 municipality crime tables: StGB, BetmG and AIG ag.ch · checked 2026-09-24
  2. Exact BFS Arealstatistik municipality area: sum of exhaustive NOAS top-level categories 1-4, PERIOD=A5 (2020-2025), FJ=2021, municipality REGION state 2025-01-01; hectares converted to km². disseminate.stats.swiss · checked 2026-07-15
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