Schnaus is a former municipality in the district of Surselva in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.

Of the rest of the land, 2.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (8.4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks Romansh(45.5%), with German being second most common (40.4%) and Serbo-Croatian being third (11.1%).

[5] The age distribution, as of 2000[update], in Schnaus is; 17 children or 17.2% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 14 teenagers or 14.1% are between 10 and 19.

[4] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 46.7% of the vote.