Its eleven settlements are situated within the Lower Engadin valley along the Inn River, at the foot of the Sesvenna Range.

[1] Originally a Romansh language area, the majority of the population today speaks High Alemannic German.

With this sale, Tarasp became an Austrian exclave inside the Free State of the Three Leagues, an associate of the Old Swiss Confederacy in 1464.

In the course of the 1803 Reichsdeputationshauptschluss and the Act of Mediation, Austria finally ceded the territory to the Napoleonic Swiss Confederation, after which it was incorporated into the canton of Graubünden.

[2] The Neo-Renaissance style Grand Hotel Waldhaus Vulpera-Tarasp with Sgraffito-Elements was opened on 8 June 1897 and was one of the first addresses in the Swiss Alps and was a major Belle Époque monument in Europe.

Of the rest of the land, 0.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (51.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

[3] Despite centuries of Austrian rule, until World War I the population spoke the Romansh dialect Vallader.

Tarasp Castle and the Trinkhalle (drinking hall) are listed as Swiss heritage sites of national significance.

[7] The Scuol-Tarasp station is the eastern terminus of the private Rhaetian Railway network, served by trains from Chur and Pontresina.