Zizers (Romansh: Zezras) is a municipality in the Landquart Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.
Of note, Zita of Bourbon-Parma, last Empress of Austria-Hungary, died in Lower Castle Zizers where she had long resided.
Over the same time period the amount of forested land has increased by 5 ha (12 acres).
Rivers and lakes cover 35 ha (86 acres) in the municipality.
[6] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (88.7%), with Italian being second most common (3.2%) and Serbo-Croatian being third (2.0%).
[11] The historical population is given in the following chart:[12] Both the Upper Castle Zizers with gardens and the Lower Castle Zizers (known as Johannesstift) with its gardens are listed as Swiss heritage sites of national significance.
In the federal election, a total of 969 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 41.0%.
[14] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 36.4% of the vote.
Of these, a total of 71 people worked in 23 businesses in the primary economic sector.
[17] In 2015 the average cantonal, municipal and church tax rate in the municipality for a couple with two children making SFr 80,000 was 3.5% while the rate for a single person making SFr 150,000 was 15%, both of which are close to the average for the canton and nationally.
From the 2000 census[update], 1,286 or 43.1% are Roman Catholic, while 1,303 or 43.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.