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Bezirk Schleitheim

Schaffhausen

Bezirk Schleitheim is one of 6 districts of the canton of Schaffhausen and comprises 3 municipalities with 3'293 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 Schleitheim

district results as published by BFS
14.06.2026Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)FederalAccepted · 52.5% Yes
63.0% YesNo 37.0%
14.06.2026Volksinitiative «Keine 10-Millionen-Schweiz! (Nachhaltigkeitsinitiative)»FederalRejected · 45.2% Yes
64.0% YesNo 36.0%
14.06.2026Teilrevision der Verfassung des Kantons Schaffhausen (Finanzrechtliche Befugnisse)Cantonal SHAccepted · 66.8% Yes
67.6% YesNo 32.5%
08.03.2026Bundesgesetz über die IndividualbesteuerungFederalAccepted · 54.3% Yes
33.8% YesNo 66.2%
08.03.2026Volksinitiative «200 Franken sind genug! (SRG-Initiative)»FederalRejected · 38.1% Yes
52.6% YesNo 47.4%
08.03.2026Bargeldinitiative und Gegenvorschlag: StichfrageFederalRejected · 37.4% Yes
47.2% YesNo 52.8%
All federal votes
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 12.08.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023 · sum of its municipalities
SVP56.1% · strongest party
SVP56.1%
SP16.3%
FDP9.2%
GLP3.9%
Übrige3.8%
EVP3.2%
GRÜNE3.2%
EDU3.1%
Mitte1.3%
Siblingen
105 %
median of its municipalities
114 %
Schleitheim
115 %

A district has no tax rate of its own. Rates range from 105 % % in Siblingen to 115 % % in Schleitheim (median 114 % %).

Tax burden (single, CHF 100,000): 12.9 % in Siblingen to 13.5 % in Schleitheim (ESTV 2'026)

Vacancy rate
2.73 %
Dwellings
1'682
Avg. rooms
4.3
Built before 1946
40.1%

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
+75 +2.3%
births
29
deaths
34
net migration
+81
BEVNAT (Statistik der natürlichen Bevölkerungsbewegung) 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Economy

BFS · 2024 · sum of its municipalities
Jobs
1'012
Workplaces
286
Services share
49 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 210 (20.8%) · Secondary 306 (30.2%) · Tertiary 496 (49.0%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 11.09.2026

Agriculture

BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalities
Farms
63
Organic share
9.5 %
Farmland
3'200 ha
Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Climate · Terrain

MeteoSchweiz · swisstopo
Annual mean temperature
8.7 °C
Precipitation
851 mm
Elevation
445–910 m
Flat share
24.3%

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

Energy · Accessibility

BFE · ElCom · ARE
Solar potential
54 GWh
Electricity
30.8 Rp./kWh
Public transport to centre
95 min
Road to centre
72 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

MunicipalitiesLargest municipalitiesForeign residentsTax burden
Schleitheim8/2610/2625/26
Siblingen16/2620/2618/26
Beggingen23/2624/2623/26

2 of these postal codes reach across the district border.

Map

swisstopo · OSM
Which municipalities belong to Bezirk Schleitheim?
Bezirk Schleitheim comprises 3 municipalities: Schleitheim, Siblingen, Beggingen. Together they have 3'293 residents (BFS, 2025).
Which canton is Bezirk Schleitheim in?
Bezirk Schleitheim lies in the canton of Schaffhausen, which is divided into 6 districts.
How many people live in Bezirk Schleitheim?
Bezirk Schleitheim has 3'293 residents (BFS STATPOP, 2025) — the sum of its 3 municipalities; the largest is Schleitheim with 1'928.
Does Bezirk Schleitheim have its own tax rate?
No. Tax rates are set by municipalities. In Bezirk Schleitheim the municipal rate ranges from 105 % (Siblingen) to 115 % (Schleitheim).
How did Bezirk Schleitheim vote in the latest federal vote?
On 14.06.2026, Bezirk Schleitheim voted 63 % 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.