The Gemeinde Avers covers an area of 9309 hectares. Therein lie 8 parliamentary groups, the deepest being Campsut (1670m) up to Juf (2126m) the highest altitude all year round settlement in Europe. The main village of the Gemeinde is Avers-Cresta with a height of 1958m.

Since the first half of the 13th century there have been settlements of Walser in Graubünden. At different times the German speaking settlers moved eastwards after Rätien, over the Oberalppass into Bündner Oberland, where Obersaxon remains as a Walser settlement, from here south in Rheinswald and into the landscape of Davos.