Bezirk Schaffhausen
SchaffhausenBezirk Schaffhausen is one of 6 districts of the canton of Schaffhausen and comprises 7 municipalities with 59'757 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.
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Votes in Bezirk Schaffhausen
district results as published by BFSPolitics
National Council election 2023 · sum of its municipalitiesTax rate in the district
ESTV 2026A district has no tax rate of its own. Rates range from 59 % % in Buchberg to 110 % % in Merishausen (median 83 % %).
Tax burden (single, CHF 100,000): 10.1 % in Buchberg to 13.2 % in Merishausen (ESTV 2'026)
Housing
BFSVacancy rate: published by BFS for the district (2025) · Dwellings: sum of its municipalities (2024)
Population change
BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalitiesEconomy
BFS · 2024 · sum of its municipalitiesAgriculture
BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalitiesClimate · Terrain
MeteoSchweiz · swisstopoClimate: area-weighted over its municipalities · Terrain: swissALTIRegio 40 m, zonal over the district polygon
Energy · Accessibility
BFE · ElCom · ARESolar potential: sum of its municipalities · Electricity: median of its municipalities (30.17–30.823 Rp./kWh, 2027). ElCom publishes a median per municipality; the district value is our median of those. · Accessibility: median of its municipalities
Where the municipalities of Bezirk Schaffhausen rank
sum of its municipalities3 of these postal codes reach across the district border.
Map
swisstopo · OSM- Which municipalities belong to Bezirk Schaffhausen?
- Bezirk Schaffhausen comprises 7 municipalities: Schaffhausen, Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Beringen, Merishausen, Buchberg, Rüdlingen, Bargen. Together they have 59'757 residents (BFS, 2025).
- Which canton is Bezirk Schaffhausen in?
- Bezirk Schaffhausen lies in the canton of Schaffhausen, which is divided into 6 districts.
- How many people live in Bezirk Schaffhausen?
- Bezirk Schaffhausen has 59'757 residents (BFS STATPOP, 2025) — the sum of its 7 municipalities; the largest is Schaffhausen with 39'228.
- Does Bezirk Schaffhausen have its own tax rate?
- No. Tax rates are set by municipalities. In Bezirk Schaffhausen the municipal rate ranges from 59 % (Buchberg) to 110 % (Merishausen).
- How did Bezirk Schaffhausen vote in the latest federal vote?
- On 27.09.2026, Bezirk Schaffhausen voted 32.9 % yes on “Popular Initiative 'For food security – through increased sustainable domestic production, more plant-based food and clean drinking water (Food Initiative)'” (Rejected) — the district figure BFS publishes.
Districts exist in 17 cantons; UR, OW, NW, GL, ZG, BS, AI, NE and GE have no such level.