Stetten, Schaffhausen

Stetten
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Stetten
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Coordinates: 47°44′N8°39′E / 47.733°N 8.650°E / 47.733; 8.650
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Schaffhausen
District	n.a.
Area [1]
• 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
Surrounded by	Büttenhardt, Lohn, Schaffhausen, Thayngen
Website	www.stetten.ch Profile (in German), SFSO statistics

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

Geography

Aerial view (1960)

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

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, a Moon increscent Or. ^[4]

Demographics

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
1990	670
2000	889

Economy

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

Schloss Herblingen

Herblingen Castle is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance. ^[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. Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 30-December-2009
4. Flags of the World.com accessed 30-December-2009
5. Statistical Office of the Canton of Schaffhausen (in German) accessed 2 December 2009
6. 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