Grabs is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Werdenberg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Of the rest of the land, 4.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (12.9%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).
It consists of the village of Grabs, scattered settlements on the Grabserberg with the hamlets of Forst, Lehn and Schluss, the village section of Studen, the scattered settlement of Studnerberg and the little city of Werdenberg.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent a Wild Man statant afrontee holding a Club in dexter and a Pine Tree eradicated Vert in sinister[5] Grabs has a population (as of 31 December 2020) of 7,220.
Of the foreign population, (as of 2000[update]), 132 are from Germany, 77 are from Italy, 365 are from ex-Yugoslavia, 112 are from Austria, 56 are from Turkey, and 135 are from another country.
[8] The age distribution, as of 2000[update], in Grabs is; 777 children or 12.3% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 914 teenagers or 14.5% are between 10 and 19.
[4] Out of the total population in Grabs, as of 2000[update], the highest education level completed by 1,424 people (22.6% of the population) was Primary, while 2,206 (35.0%) have completed Secondary, 701 (11.1%) have attended a Tertiary school, and 290 (4.6%) are not in school.
[9] The region around Schloss Werdenberg, which is shared between Buchs and Grabs, is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.
[13] From the 2000 census[update], 1,642 or 26.1% are Roman Catholic, while 3,561 or 56.6% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.