Scharans (Romansh: Scharons) is a municipality in the Viamala Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.

Of the rest of the land, 2.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (9%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

[4] Before 2017, the municipality was located in the Domleschg sub-district, of the Hinterrhein district, after 2017 it was part of the Viamala Region.

[5] It consists of the haufendorf (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Scharans and the hamlets of St. Agata, Stufels, Parnegl and Prin.

It is located on a low terrace on the right hand side of the Albula and Hinterrhein rivers.

[4] From the 2000 census[update], 1,180 or 38.4% are Roman Catholic, while 1,510 or 49.2% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.