Canton · GL

Glarus

3 municipalities.

residents, 2025: 42’451
km² of land: 681
residents per km²: 62

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


Glarus Nord	—	19’849	146.98	135
Glarus	—	12’968	103.67	125
Glarus Süd	—	9’634	430.03	22

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.