Ftan is a former municipality in the district of Inn in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.
In the 12th century, the lords of Tarasp owned land in Ftan and made donations to the Müstair and Scuol monasteries.
Until the middle of the 20th century, the inhabitants of Ftan lived from arable farming.
In 1970, the first ski lifts were opened; after that, winter tourism increased rapidly and numerous holiday apartments were built.
Of the rest of the land, 1.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (42.8%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
[6] The age distribution, as of 2000[update], in Ftan is; 57 children or 11.0% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old.
[5] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 43% of the vote.
[3] In 1793 the Ftan priest Andrea Rosius à Porta, influenced by Ulysses von Salis-Marschlins and Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, founded an institute for boys and girls which existed until 1869.