Of the rest of the land, 0.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (57.5%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
It consists of the linear village of Bergün/Bravuogn and the settlements of Latsch (on the right side terrace above the river) and Stugl/Stuls.
Lai da Palpuogna, a mountain lake, is located between Preda and Albula Pass.
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 41.9% of the vote.
[10] The historical population is given in the following table:[4][9] In the 2000 census, the inhabitants claimed the following languages: German 83.9%, Romansh 10.6%, Italian 3.1%.
The municipal church and the Chasa Jenatsch with its barn are listed as heritage sites of national significance.
[11] The park area of Ela Parc includes the whole of the Albula valley and invites hikers into an unspoilt landscape; hopes of the people from Bergün to join international tourism after the building of the Albula Railway to St. Moritz proved not to develop, so the Kurhaus Bergün remained the only Hotel built in 1905/06, allowing the village to remain rather unspoilt.
[12] The Albula Railway became a UNESCO World Heritage Site itself in 2008.
It maintains the Bahnmuseum Albula at the local railway station.