Guarda is a former municipality in Inn District in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.
[1] Guarda was awarded the Wakker Prize for the preservation of its architectural heritage in 1975.
[2] Between 1939 and 1945 a major building renovation was carried on in Guarda which was conducted by the Swiss architect Iachen Ulrich Könz.
Of the rest of the land, 0.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (51.4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
[6] The age distribution, as of 2000[update], in Guarda is; 8 children or 5.6% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old.
It notes that the municipality struggled with a harsh landscape and the demands of tourism as well as the migration of young people from the village into the cities of Switzerland.
While the village school still supports the Romansh language, the German-speaking population is growing in Guarda.