Stetten, Schaffhausen
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
Location of Stetten  | |
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| Coordinates: 47°44′N 8°39′E / 47.733°N 8.650°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Schaffhausen |
| District | n.a. |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.73 km2 (1.83 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 579 m (1,900 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2018)[2] | |
• Total | 1,351 |
| • Density | 290/km2 (740/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 8234 |
| SFOS number | 2919 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-SH |
| Surrounded by | Büttenhardt, Lohn, Schaffhausen, Thayngen |
| Website | www Profile (in German), SFSO statistics |
Stetten (German pronunciation: [ˈʃtɛtn̩] ) is a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland.
Geography
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Stetten has an area, as of 2006[update], of 4.7 km2 (1.8 sq mi). Of this area, 45.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 44.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 9.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.2%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).[3]
Coat of arms
[edit]The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, a Moon increscent Or.[4]
Demographics
[edit]Stetten has a population (as of 2008[update]) of 1,084, of which 16.7% are foreign nationals. Of the foreign population, (as of 2008[update]), 47.3% are from Germany, 10.2% are from Italy, 2.7% are from Serbia, 0.5% are from Macedonia, 0.5% are from Turkey, and 38.7% are from another country.[5] Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 42.1%. Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (94.0%), with English being second most common ( 1.4%) and Danish being third ( 1.4%).[3]
The age distribution of the population (as of 2008[update]) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 25.9% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 59.6% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 14.5%.[5]
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 42.3% of the vote. The next two most popular parties were the FDP (32.4%), and the SP (25.3%) .[3]
In Stetten about 87.9% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).[3] In Stetten, as of 2007[update], 3.31% of the population attend kindergarten or another pre-school, 8.04% attend a Primary School, 4.64% attend a lower level Secondary School, and 3.6% attend a higher level Secondary School.[5]
As of 2000[update], 20.3% of the population belonged to the Roman Catholic Church and 60.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.[5]
The historical population is given in the following table:[5]
| year | population |
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| 1990 | 670 |
| 2000 | 889 |
Economy
[edit]Stetten has an unemployment rate of 0.84%. As of 2005[update], there were 18 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 8 businesses involved in this sector. 22 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 5 businesses in this sector. 62 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 20 businesses in this sector.[3]
As of 2008[update] the mid year average unemployment rate was 1.1%. There were 32 non-agrarian businesses in the municipality and 24.5% of the (non-agrarian) population was involved in the secondary sector of the economy while 75.5% were involved in the third. At the same time, 55.5% of the working population was employed full-time, and 44.5% was employed part-time. There were 110 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 46.4% of the workforce. As of 2000[update] there were 62 residents who worked in the municipality, while 319 residents worked outside Stetten and 43 people commuted into the municipality for work.[5]
As of 2008[update], there is 1 restaurant and the hospitality industry in Stetten employs 2 people.[5]
Heritage sites of national significance
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Herblingen Castle is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ^ a b c d e Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 30-December-2009
- ^ Flags of the World.com accessed 30-December-2009
- ^ a b c d e f g Statistical Office of the Canton of Schaffhausen (in German) accessed 2 December 2009
- ^ Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance Archived 2009-05-01 at the Wayback Machine 21.11.2008 version, (in German) accessed 30-Dec-2009
