Trasadingen

Trasadingen
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Trasadingen
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Coordinates: 47°40′N8°25′E / 47.667°N 8.417°E / 47.667; 8.417
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Schaffhausen
District	n.a.
Area [1]
• Total	4.14 km2 (1.60 sq mi)
Elevation	403 m (1,322 ft)
Population  (31 December 2018) [2]
• Total	584
• Density	140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	8219
SFOS number	2973
Surrounded by	Eggingen (DE-BW), Hallau, Klettgau (DE-BW), Wilchingen
Website	www.trasadingen.ch Profile (in German), SFSO statistics

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

Trasadingen

Geography

Aerial view from 400 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1919)

Trasadingen has an area, as of 2006 ^[update] , of 4.1 km² (1.6 sq mi). Of this area, 76.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 12.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 11% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.5%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes). ^[3]

Coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent, a Vine Vert fructed Azure issuant from a Cross pattee of the second and in chief dexter a Cross pattee Sable and sinister a Sickle proper. ^[4]

Demographics

Trasadingen has a population (as of 2008 ^[update] ) of 585, of which 13.7% are foreign nationals. Of the foreign population, (as of 2008 ^[update] ), 61.7% are from Germany, 23.5% are from Italy, 1.2% are from Turkey, and 13.6% are from another country. ^[5] Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 2.6%. Most of the population (as of 2000 ^[update] ) speaks German (96.8%), with Italian being second most common ( 0.8%) and English being third ( 0.4%). ^[3]

The age distribution of the population (as of 2008 ^[update] ) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 23.8% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 59.1% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 17.1%. ^[5]

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 46.6% of the vote. The next two most popular parties were the SP (28.4%), and the FDP (25%) . ^[3]

In Trasadingen about 83.5% 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 Trasadingen, as of 2007 ^[update] , 1.72% of the population attend kindergarten or another pre-school, 5.66% attend a Primary School, 3.95% attend a lower level Secondary School, and 2.23% attend a higher level Secondary School. ^[5]

As of 2000 ^[update] , 21.7% of the population belonged to the Roman Catholic Church and 61.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. ^[5]

The historical population is given in the following table: ^[5]

year	population
1990	560
2000	562

Transportation

There is a border crossing into Germany at Trasadingen town with Erzingen in Klettgau municipality, Baden-Württemberg state. Both have railway stations on the High Rhine Railway: Trasadingen and Erzingen (Baden), respectively.

Economy

Trasadingen has an unemployment rate of 1.82%. As of 2005 ^[update] , there were 61 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 23 businesses involved in this sector. 93 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 6 businesses in this sector. 74 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 22 businesses in this sector. ^[3]

As of 2008 ^[update] the mid year average unemployment rate was 1%. There were 29 non-agrarian businesses in the municipality and 57% of the (non-agrarian) population was involved in the secondary sector of the economy while 43% were involved in the third. At the same time, 67.1% of the working population was employed full-time, and 32.9% was employed part-time. There were 158 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 45.6% of the workforce. As of 2000 ^[update] there were 82 residents who worked in the municipality, while 162 residents worked outside Trasadingen and 75 people commuted into the municipality for work. ^[5]

As of 2008 ^[update] , there are 2 restaurants and the hospitality industry in Trasadingen employs 8 people. ^[5]

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 Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine accessed 30-December-2009
5. Statistical Office of the Canton of Schaffhausen (in German) accessed 2 December 2009