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Bezirk Reiat

Schaffhausen

Bezirk Reiat is one of 6 districts of the canton of Schaffhausen and comprises 5 municipalities with 9'719 residents in all (BFS, 2025). A district is an administrative unit of the canton — a court and administrative area, not a postal delivery area: postal codes and localities follow delivery routes and can cross district borders.

Relief © swisstopo · TINITALY · geoland.at · LGL · IGN

Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 12.08.2026

Votes in Bezirk Reiat

district results as published by BFS
14.06.2026Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)FederalAccepted · 52.5% Yes
59.5% YesNo 40.5%
14.06.2026Volksinitiative «Keine 10-Millionen-Schweiz! (Nachhaltigkeitsinitiative)»FederalRejected · 45.2% Yes
57.2% YesNo 42.8%
14.06.2026Teilrevision der Verfassung des Kantons Schaffhausen (Finanzrechtliche Befugnisse)Cantonal SHAccepted · 66.8% Yes
66.4% YesNo 33.6%
08.03.2026Bundesgesetz über die IndividualbesteuerungFederalAccepted · 54.3% Yes
38.3% YesNo 61.7%
08.03.2026Volksinitiative «200 Franken sind genug! (SRG-Initiative)»FederalRejected · 38.1% Yes
49.3% YesNo 50.8%
08.03.2026Bargeldinitiative und Gegenvorschlag: StichfrageFederalRejected · 37.4% Yes
45.1% YesNo 54.9%
All federal votes
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 12.08.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023 · sum of its municipalities
SVP46.9% · strongest party
SVP46.9%
SP18.7%
FDP14.8%
GLP6.3%
GRÜNE3.4%
EVP2.8%
Übrige2.6%
EDU2.5%
Mitte2.2%
Stetten (SH)
65 %
median of its municipalities
92 %
Dörflingen
98 %

A district has no tax rate of its own. Rates range from 65 % % in Stetten (SH) to 98 % % in Dörflingen (median 92 % %).

Tax burden (single, CHF 100,000): 10.4 % in Stetten (SH) to 12.5 % in Dörflingen (ESTV 2'026)

Vacancy rate
0.79 %
Dwellings
4'539
Avg. rooms
4.2
Built before 1946
23.0%

Vacancy rate: published by BFS for the district (2025) · Dwellings: sum of its municipalities (2024)

Population change

BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalities
Population change 2025
+105 +1.1%
births
58
deaths
81
net migration
+138
BEVNAT (Statistik der natürlichen Bevölkerungsbewegung) 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Economy

BFS · 2024 · sum of its municipalities
Jobs
3'177
Workplaces
643
Services share
59.9 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 307 (9.7%) · Secondary 966 (30.4%) · Tertiary 1'904 (59.9%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 11.09.2026

Agriculture

BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalities
Farms
90
Organic share
11.1 %
Farmland
3'424 ha
Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Climate · Terrain

MeteoSchweiz · swisstopo
Annual mean temperature
9.3 °C
Precipitation
831 mm
Elevation
391–697 m
Flat share
47.6%

Climate: area-weighted over its municipalities · Terrain: swissALTIRegio 40 m, zonal over the district polygon

Energy · Accessibility

BFE · ElCom · ARE
Solar potential
98 GWh
Electricity
30.8 Rp./kWh
Public transport to centre
86 min
Road to centre
60 min

Solar potential: sum of its municipalities · Electricity: median of its municipalities (30.82330.823 Rp./kWh, 2027). ElCom publishes a median per municipality; the district value is our median of those. · Accessibility: median of its municipalities

Map

swisstopo · OSM
Which municipalities belong to Bezirk Reiat?
Bezirk Reiat comprises 5 municipalities: Thayngen, Stetten, Dörflingen, Lohn, Büttenhardt. Together they have 9'719 residents (BFS, 2025).
Which canton is Bezirk Reiat in?
Bezirk Reiat lies in the canton of Schaffhausen, which is divided into 6 districts.
How many people live in Bezirk Reiat?
Bezirk Reiat has 9'719 residents (BFS STATPOP, 2025) — the sum of its 5 municipalities; the largest is Thayngen with 5'925.
Does Bezirk Reiat have its own tax rate?
No. Tax rates are set by municipalities. In Bezirk Reiat the municipal rate ranges from 65 % (Stetten (SH)) to 98 % (Dörflingen).
How did Bezirk Reiat vote in the latest federal vote?
On 14.06.2026, Bezirk Reiat voted 59.5 % yes on “Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)” (Accepted) — the district figure BFS publishes.

Districts exist in 17 cantons; UR, OW, NW, GL, ZG, BS, AI, NE and GE have no such level.