Buch, Schaffhausen

Buch
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Buch
Buch Show map of Switzerland Buch Show map of Canton of Schaffhausen
Coordinates: 47°43′N8°47′E / 47.717°N 8.783°E / 47.717; 8.783
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Schaffhausen
District	n.a.
Area [1]
• Total	3.80 km2 (1.47 sq mi)
Elevation	416 m (1,365 ft)
Population  (31 December 2018) [2]
• Total	316
• Density	83/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	8263
SFOS number	2961
Surrounded by	Gailingen am Hochrhein (DE-BW), Gottmadingen (DE-BW), Ramsen
Website	buch-sh.ch Profile (in German), SFSO statistics

Buch is a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland.

History

Buch is first mentioned in 1080 when Gerolt von Buch appears as a witness in a document. ^[3]

Coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules an Orb Argent banded Or and crossed of the second. ^[4]

Geography

The Rhine river and Hemishofen (with Ramsen and Buch in the background) below the town of Stein.

Village center

Aerial view (1958)

Buch has an area, as of 2006 ^[update] , of 3.8 km² (1.5 sq mi). Of this area, 74.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 19.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). ^[5]

The municipality is located in the Stein district. It is a farm village on the Biber river which empties into the Rhine.

Demographics

Buch has a population (as of 2008 ^[update] ) of 296, of which 20.3% are foreign nationals. Of the foreign population, (as of 2008 ^[update] ), 83.3% are from Germany, and 16.7% are from another country. ^[6] Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 6.8%. Most of the population (as of 2000 ^[update] ) speaks German (74.8%), with Turkish being second most common ( 5.3%) and Arabic being third ( 2.3%). ^[5]

The age distribution of the population (as of 2008 ^[update] ) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 22% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 62.8% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 15.2%. ^[6]

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 65.4% of the vote. The next two most popular parties were the SP (27.6%), and the FDP (7%) . ^[5]

The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Buch about 64% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule ). ^[5] In Buch, as of 2007 ^[update] , 0.66% of the population is attending kindergarten or another pre-school, 4.32% are attending a Primary School, 4.65% attend a lower level Secondary School, and 4.98% attend a higher level Secondary School. ^[6]

As of 2000 ^[update] , 15% of the population belonged to the Roman Catholic Church and 51.9% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. ^[6]

The historical population is given in the following table: ^[3]

year	population
1836	288
1850	399
1900	389
1910	348
1950	329
1980	259
2000	341

Economy and Infrastructure

Buch has an unemployment rate of 0.71%. As of 2005 ^[update] , there were 28 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 11 businesses involved in this sector. 6 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 4 businesses in this sector. 60 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 7 businesses in this sector. ^[5]

As of 2008 ^[update] the mid year average unemployment rate was 0.9%. There were 9 non-agrarian businesses in the municipality and 21.1% of the (non-agrarian) population was involved in the secondary sector of the economy while 78.9% were involved in the third. At the same time, 78.9% of the working population was employed full-time, and 21.1% was employed part-time. There were 19 residents of the municipality were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 26.3% of the workforce. As of 2000 ^[update] there were 43 residents who worked in the municipality, while 85 residents worked outside Buch and 9 people commuted into the municipality for work. ^[6]

As of 2008 ^[update] , there is 1 restaurant in Buch and the hospitality industry employs 2 people. ^[6]

References

1. "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
2. "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
3. Buch in German , French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland .
4. Flags of the World.com Archived 5 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 4 December 2009
5. Swiss Federal Statistical Office Archived 5 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 4 December 2009
6. Statistical Office of the Canton of Schaffhausen (in German). Retrieved 2 December 2009

External links

• Buch in German , French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland .