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Bezirk Unterklettgau

Schaffhausen

Bezirk Unterklettgau is one of 6 districts of the canton of Schaffhausen and comprises 4 municipalities with 5'428 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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Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 12.08.2026

Votes in Bezirk Unterklettgau

district results as published by BFS
14.06.2026Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)FederalAccepted · 52.5% Yes
63.4% YesNo 36.6%
14.06.2026Volksinitiative «Keine 10-Millionen-Schweiz! (Nachhaltigkeitsinitiative)»FederalRejected · 45.2% Yes
60.3% YesNo 39.7%
14.06.2026Teilrevision der Verfassung des Kantons Schaffhausen (Finanzrechtliche Befugnisse)Cantonal SHAccepted · 66.8% Yes
67.6% YesNo 32.4%
08.03.2026Bundesgesetz über die IndividualbesteuerungFederalAccepted · 54.3% Yes
36.6% YesNo 63.4%
08.03.2026Volksinitiative «200 Franken sind genug! (SRG-Initiative)»FederalRejected · 38.1% Yes
49.6% YesNo 50.4%
08.03.2026Bargeldinitiative und Gegenvorschlag: StichfrageFederalRejected · 37.4% Yes
44.5% YesNo 55.5%
All federal votes
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 12.08.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023 · sum of its municipalities
SVP48.5% · strongest party
SVP48.5%
SP20.8%
FDP9.1%
EVP5.9%
GLP5.2%
Übrige3.2%
GRÜNE3.2%
EDU2.5%
Mitte1.6%
Hallau
112 %
median of its municipalities
112 %
Oberhallau
117 %

A district has no tax rate of its own. Rates range from 112 % % in Hallau to 117 % % in Oberhallau (median 112 % %).

Tax burden (single, CHF 100,000): 13.3 % in Hallau to 13.6 % in Oberhallau (ESTV 2'026)

Vacancy rate
0.82 %
Dwellings
2'691
Avg. rooms
4.3
Built before 1946
47.7%

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
+192 +3.7%
births
35
deaths
54
net migration
+196
BEVNAT (Statistik der natürlichen Bevölkerungsbewegung) 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Economy

BFS · 2024 · sum of its municipalities
Jobs
2'396
Workplaces
498
Services share
44.8 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 576 (24.0%) · Secondary 747 (31.2%) · Tertiary 1'073 (44.8%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 11.09.2026

Agriculture

BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalities
Farms
132
Organic share
9.8 %
Farmland
2'850 ha
Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Climate · Terrain

MeteoSchweiz · swisstopo
Annual mean temperature
9.2 °C
Precipitation
934 mm
Elevation
390–641 m
Flat share
44.6%

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

Energy · Accessibility

BFE · ElCom · ARE
Solar potential
79 GWh
Electricity
30.8 Rp./kWh
Public transport to centre
84 min
Road to centre
57 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
Hallau7/2611/2620/26
Wilchingen9/2615/2622/26
Trasadingen20/266/2621/26
Oberhallau24/2623/2626/26

1 of these postal codes reach across the district border.

Map

swisstopo · OSM
Which municipalities belong to Bezirk Unterklettgau?
Bezirk Unterklettgau comprises 4 municipalities: Hallau, Wilchingen, Trasadingen, Oberhallau. Together they have 5'428 residents (BFS, 2025).
Which canton is Bezirk Unterklettgau in?
Bezirk Unterklettgau lies in the canton of Schaffhausen, which is divided into 6 districts.
How many people live in Bezirk Unterklettgau?
Bezirk Unterklettgau has 5'428 residents (BFS STATPOP, 2025) — the sum of its 4 municipalities; the largest is Hallau with 2'600.
Does Bezirk Unterklettgau have its own tax rate?
No. Tax rates are set by municipalities. In Bezirk Unterklettgau the municipal rate ranges from 112 % (Hallau) to 117 % (Oberhallau).
How did Bezirk Unterklettgau vote in the latest federal vote?
On 14.06.2026, Bezirk Unterklettgau voted 63.4 % 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.