What is the postal code of Bargen?

The postal code of Bargen is 8233.

What is the tax rate in Bargen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Bargen is 102% (2026); canton SH levies 76%.

How much tax do you pay in Bargen?

A single person without children pays about 12'703 CHF income tax in Bargen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 17 of 26 in canton SH. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Bargen have?

Bargen has 339 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Bargen?

Bargen has 95 foreign residents, a share of 28.02% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton SH · Bezirk Schaffhausen

Bargen

8233

Relief © swisstopo · TINITALY · geoland.at · LGL · IGN · swissTLM3D · swissTLMRegio

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

160 47.2%

Men

179 52.8%

Children & youth (0–19)

53 15.6%

Swiss citizens

244 72.0%

Foreign residents

95 28.0%

Population density

41 pop./km²

0–19 · 53 · 15.6%20–64 · 226 · 66.7%65+ · 60 · 17.7%

Foreign residents 28.0%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −3 (−0.9%) · 4 births · 3 deaths · net migration −4

STATPOP 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026 · swisstopo, retrieved 24.09.2026 · BEVNAT (Statistik der natürlichen Bevölkerungsbewegung) 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Vote results for Bargen

BFS

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Für eine sichere Ernährung – durch Stärkung einer nachhaltigen inländischen Produktion, mehr pflanzliche Lebensmittel und sauberes Trinkwasser (Ernährungsinitiative)»Federal

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Wahrung der schweizerischen Neutralität (Neutralitätsinitiative)»Federal

14.06.2026Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)Federal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Schaffhausen: 49.2% Yes

64.0% YesNo 36.0%

14.06.2026Volksinitiative «Keine 10-Millionen-Schweiz! (Nachhaltigkeitsinitiative)»Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Schaffhausen: 44.3% Yes

73.4% YesNo 26.6%

14.06.2026Verpflichtungskredit für das Sportinfrastrukturprojekt «Erweiterung Hallensportzentrum Schweizersbild»Cantonal SH● Accepted · 73.9% YesDistrict Bezirk Schaffhausen: 74.2% Yes

74.2% YesNo 25.8%

14.06.2026Teilrevision der Verfassung des Kantons Schaffhausen (Finanzrechtliche Befugnisse)Cantonal SH● Accepted · 66.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Schaffhausen: 66.2% Yes

60.7% YesNo 39.3%

08.03.2026Bundesgesetz über die IndividualbesteuerungFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Schaffhausen: 50.6% Yes

37.0% YesNo 63.0%

08.03.2026Volksinitiative «Für eine gerechte Energie- und Klimapolitik: Investieren für Wohlstand, Arbeit und Umwelt (Klimafonds-Initiative)»Federal● Rejected · 29.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Schaffhausen: 33.4% Yes

17.0% YesNo 83.0%

08.03.2026Volksinitiative «200 Franken sind genug! (SRG-Initiative)»Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Schaffhausen: 42.2% Yes

62.4% YesNo 37.6%

08.03.2026Bargeldinitiative und Gegenvorschlag: StichfrageFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Schaffhausen: 40.4% Yes

57.0% YesNo 43.0%

All federal votes →

Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 21.09.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP57.5% · strongest party

SVP57.5%

SP18.0%

FDP6.4%

GLP5.6%

Übrige4.9%

sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 25.09.2026

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier102%

Cantonal tax multiplier76%

102%SH range 59%117%

Tax rank 17 of 26 in canton Schaffhausen

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

12'703 CHF(12.7%)

Rank 17 of 26 in the canton · 450 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 12'457 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Buchberg 10'060 CHF · most expensive Oberhallau 13'625 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:12'703 CHF(~12.7%)

BargenCanton range SchaffhausenSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Bargen	Schaffhausen	Switzerland median
40'000	5.7%	4.4–6.1%	5.4%
50'000	7.2%	5.6–7.8%	7.8%
60'000	8.5%	6.7–9.2%	10.5%
70'000	9.7%	7.6–10.4%	11.9%
80'000	10.7%	8.4–11.5%	13.1%
90'000	11.6%	9.1–12.5%	14.1%
100'000	12.7%	10.1–13.6%	15.3%
110'000	13.6%	10.8–14.6%	16.3%
120'000	14.4%	11.5–15.4%	17.2%
130'000	15.1%	12.1–16.1%	18.1%
140'000	15.8%	12.7–16.8%	19%
150'000	16.4%	13.2–17.4%	19.7%
175'000	17.9%	14.6–19.1%	21.6%
200'000	19.4%	15.9–20.6%	23.2%
225'000	20.6%	17–21.9%	24.6%
250'000	21.6%	17.9–22.9%	25.8%
275'000	22.2%	18.5–23.5%	26.8%
300'000	22.7%	18.9–24%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20208.4 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020796 mm

8.4 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

872 m

Mean elevation

719 m

Relief

296 m

Mean slope

15.5°

Flat share

6.7%

South-facing

30.5%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 296 m0 m3'847 m

Terrain figures cover the whole municipal territory (swisstopo swissALTIRegio) — not the settlement point. Slope and south-facing share are resolution-dependent and measured at 40 m.

swissALTIRegio 2026 · swisstopo, retrieved 28.08.2026

Solar potential

BFE

Roof potential

4.1 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

5.3 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

900

Per inhabitant

11'976 kWh/yr

4 GWh/yr01'133 GWh/yr

BFE solar factsheet ↗

Modelled roof and façade potential from the BFE solar model — the electricity these surfaces could produce, not installed capacity or what the municipality actually generates today. The household figure divides the roof potential by 4'500 kWh per year, ElCom’s reference household (consumption profile H4, a 5-room apartment).

Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE), retrieved 24.09.2026

Electricity

ElCom · 2027

Tariff H4

30.82 Rp./kWh

Energy

11.9 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

15.05 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.3 Rp./kWh

30.82 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 30.82 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Elektrizitätswerk des Kantons Schaffhausen AG

ElCom tariff comparison ↗

How this is measured

Total household electricity price for ElCom consumption profile H4 — 4'500 kWh a year, a 5-room flat with electric stove and tumble dryer — standard product, excluding VAT, for the tariff year shown. Energy, grid usage, levies to public bodies and the federal grid surcharge are included. Canton and Swiss medians are ElCom's own published figures.

2027 · Federal Electricity Commission (ElCom), retrieved 12.09.2026

Health-insurance premiums

BAG · 2024

Premium regionRegion 2

Standard model, deductible 300557 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Schaffhausen413 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Bargen →Canton Schaffhausen →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 2 of canton Schaffhausen. Shown is the average adult premium paid across the whole canton Schaffhausen (2024, BAG) — a region-specific average is not available in the cantonal data.

2024 · Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), retrieved 12.09.2026

Housing

BFS · ARE

Vacancy rate

2.81 %

Second homes

7.3 %

Avg. rooms

Dwellings

178

Built before 194630.9%

Built since 200126.4%

2.81 %0 %12 %

Vacancy rate from the BFS vacant-dwelling count (2025); building age and room count from the Buildings and Dwellings Statistics (2024). The average room count treats the ‘6 rooms or more’ class as 6, so it is a slight lower bound. The vacancy rate is volatile for small municipalities.

Buildings and Dwellings Statistics 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026 · Vacant dwellings survey 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026 · Dwelling inventory and second-home share 2026 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 24.09.2026

Economy

BFS · 2024

Jobs

Workplaces

Services share

57.6 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 21 (31.8%) · Secondary 7 (10.6%) · Tertiary 38 (57.6%)

STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

11.1 %

Farmland

405 ha

Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 88 min · Car 60 min

AgglomerationPT 23 min · Car 17 min

Remoteness 9/26 in canton

National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 24.09.2026

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number2931

Websitebargen.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Schaffhausen

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Bargen ranks

Largest municipalities339 #26 SH · #1934 CH Growing municipalities-0.9% #24 SH · #1772 CH Shrinking municipalities-0.9% #3 SH · #337 CH Jobs per resident0.19 #23 SH · #1827 CH Families & children15.6% #24 SH · #1940 CH Age structure17.7% #26 SH · #1683 CH Women share47.2% #24 SH · #1987 CH Foreign residents28% #5 SH · #400 CH Population density41/km² #25 SH · #1835 CH Tax burden12'703 #17 SH · #450 CH Taxes102% #17 SH Warmest municipalities8.4 °C #26 SH · #1607 CH Sunniest municipalities40.6% #1 SH · #1573 CH Rainiest municipalities796 mm #26 SH · #2049 CH Voter turnout72.6% #15 SH · #28 CH SVP strongholds57.5% #3 SH · #81 CH SP strongholds18% #12 SH · #624 CH Centre strongholds3% #4 SH · #1990 CH FDP strongholds6.4% #23 SH · #1754 CH GLP strongholds5.6% #13 SH · #1058 CH Green strongholds3% #20 SH · #1871 CH Largest by area8.3 km² #12 SH · #1117 CH Highest municipalities605 m #3 SH · #806 CH Second homes7.3% #21 SH · #1760 CH Organic farming11.1% #13 SH · #1140 CH Best-connected municipalities88 min #17 SH · #1521 CH Remotest municipalities88 min #9 SH · #584 CH Highest peaks872 m #6 SH · #863 CH Highest-lying municipalities719 m #1 SH · #724 CH Greatest vertical range296 m #9 SH · #1004 CH Steepest municipalities15.5° #2 SH · #561 CH Solar potential4 GWh #26 SH · #1983 CH Solar potential per capita11'976 kWh #11 SH · #760 CH Cheapest electricity30.82 Rp./kWh #10 SH · #1870 CH Most expensive electricity30.82 Rp./kWh #9 SH · #229 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

8233

Bargen SH

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Bargen SH8233

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Bargen?: The postal code of Bargen is 8233.
What is the tax rate in Bargen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Bargen is 102% (2026); canton SH levies 76%.
How much tax do you pay in Bargen?: A single person without children pays about 12'703 CHF income tax in Bargen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 17 of 26 in canton SH. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Bargen have?: Bargen has 339 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Bargen?: Bargen has 95 foreign residents, a share of 28.02% (2025).

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