 It is a "Haufendorf" (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) on a terrace to the north and above the Albula river

It consists of the village of Brienz/Brinzauls and the hamlet of Vazerol at the Julier Pass.Until 1996 Brienz/Brinzauls was known as Brienz (GR).Brienz/Brinzauls had a population (as of 2013) of 128. , 1.9% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.