Luzein has an area,, of. Of this area, 41.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 46.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 3% is settled and the remainder is non-productive. Before 2017, the municipality was located in the Luzein sub-district of the Prättigau/Davos district. The current municipality was created in 1892 along the right side of the Prättigau valley. It consists of the village of Luzein which is made up of the sections of Buchen, Luzein, Pany and Putz.
Coat of arms
The coat of arms is described as Per bend sinister azure an Arrow in bend sinister Or and of the second a Wing sinister in bend sinister of the first. The coat of arms contains the wing of the Freiherr von Matsch and the arrow of the Sprecher family from Luzein.
Demographics
Luzein has a population of. , 4.8% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -4%. Most of the population speaks German, with English being second most common and Portuguese being third. , the gender distribution of the population was 49.2% male and 50.8% female. The age distribution,, in Luzein is; 145 children or 13.1% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 157 teenagers or 14.1% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 103 people or 9.3% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 155 people or 14.0% are between 30 and 39, 168 people or 15.1% are between 40 and 49, and 131 people or 11.8% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 126 people or 11.4% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 77 people or 6.9% are between 70 and 79, there are 40 people or 3.6% who are between 80 and 89 there are 8 people or 0.7% who are between 90 and 99. In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 40.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP, the SP and the local, small right-wing parties. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Luzein about 63.2% of the population have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education. Luzein has an unemployment rate of 1%. , there were 156 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 73 businesses involved in this sector. 73 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 21 businesses in this sector. 107 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 32 businesses in this sector. From the, 91 or 8.2% are Roman Catholic, while 895 or 80.6% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there are less than 5 individuals who belong to the Orthodox Church, and there are 22 individuals who belong to another Christian church. There are 12 who are Islamic. There are 7 individuals who belong to another church, 53 belong to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 30 individuals did not answer the question. The historical population is given in the following table:
