What is the postal code of Ramsen?

The postal code of Ramsen is 8262.

What is the tax rate in Ramsen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Ramsen is 99% (2026); canton SH levies 76%.

How much tax do you pay in Ramsen?

A single person without children pays about 12'519 CHF income tax in Ramsen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 15 of 26 in canton SH. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Ramsen have?

Ramsen has 1'697 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Ramsen?

Ramsen has 555 foreign residents, a share of 32.7% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton SH · Bezirk Stein

Ramsen

8262

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

838 49.4%

Men

859 50.6%

Children & youth (0–19)

344 20.3%

Swiss citizens

1'142 67.3%

Foreign residents

555 32.7%

Population density

126 pop./km²

0–19 · 344 · 20.3%20–64 · 1'020 · 60.1%65+ · 333 · 19.6%

Foreign residents 32.7%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +42 (+2.5%) · 13 births · 18 deaths · net migration +55

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 Ramsen

BFS

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'For food security – through increased sustainable domestic production, more plant-based food and clean drinking water (Food Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 27.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Stein: 30.3% Yes

21.4% YesNo 78.6%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Stein: 39.2% Yes

43.0% YesNo 57.0%

27.09.2026C. Stichfrage: Welche der beiden Vorlagen soll in Kraft treten, falls sowohl die kantonale Volksinitiative als auch der Gegenvorschlag angenommen werden?Cantonal SH● Rejected · 46.9% YesDistrict Bezirk Stein: 47.7% Yes

52.0% YesNo 48.0%

27.09.2026B. Änderung des Strassengesetzes (Gegenvorschlag zur Verkehrsflussinitiative)Cantonal SH● Rejected · 46.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Stein: 50.3% Yes

49.1% YesNo 51.0%

27.09.2026A. Volksinitiative «für flüssigen Verkehr auf kantonalen Hauptstrassen (Verkehrsflussinitiative)»Cantonal SH● Rejected · 46.7% YesDistrict Bezirk Stein: 46.9% Yes

51.2% YesNo 48.8%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Stein: 55.1% Yes

56.4% YesNo 43.6%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Stein: 51.8% Yes

61.8% YesNo 38.2%

14.06.2026Verpflichtungskredit für das Sportinfrastrukturprojekt «Erweiterung Hallensportzentrum Schweizersbild»Cantonal SH● Accepted · 73.9% YesDistrict Bezirk Stein: 69.3% Yes

54.3% YesNo 45.7%

14.06.2026Teilrevision der Verfassung des Kantons Schaffhausen (Finanzrechtliche Befugnisse)Cantonal SH● Accepted · 66.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Stein: 67.8% Yes

64.4% YesNo 35.6%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Stein: 43.7% Yes

37.9% YesNo 62.1%

All federal votes →

Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 04.10.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP53.2% · strongest party

SVP53.2%

SP14.0%

Mitte12.0%

FDP6.2%

GLP4.4%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier99%

Cantonal tax multiplier76%

99%SH range 59%117%

Tax rank 16 of 26 in canton Schaffhausen

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

12'519 CHF(12.5%)

Rank 15 of 26 in the canton · 403 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:12'519 CHF(~12.5%)

RamsenCanton range SchaffhausenSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Ramsen	Schaffhausen	Switzerland median
40'000	5.6%	4.4–6.1%	5.4%
50'000	7.1%	5.6–7.8%	7.8%
60'000	8.4%	6.7–9.2%	10.5%
70'000	9.6%	7.6–10.4%	11.9%
80'000	10.6%	8.4–11.5%	13.1%
90'000	11.5%	9.1–12.5%	14.1%
100'000	12.5%	10.1–13.6%	15.3%
110'000	13.4%	10.8–14.6%	16.3%
120'000	14.2%	11.5–15.4%	17.2%
130'000	14.9%	12.1–16.1%	18.1%
140'000	15.5%	12.7–16.8%	19%
150'000	16.1%	13.2–17.4%	19.7%
175'000	17.7%	14.6–19.1%	21.6%
200'000	19.1%	15.9–20.6%	23.2%
225'000	20.4%	17–21.9%	24.6%
250'000	21.3%	17.9–22.9%	25.8%
275'000	21.9%	18.5–23.5%	26.8%
300'000	22.4%	18.9–24%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20209.9 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020851 mm

9.9 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

661 m

Mean elevation

436 m

Relief

268 m

Mean slope

5°

Flat share

68.3%

South-facing

5.9%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 268 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

25.7 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

32.8 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

5'700

Per inhabitant

15'144 kWh/yr

26 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 Ramsen →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

0.99 %

Second homes

10.5 %

Avg. rooms

4.2

Dwellings

807

Built before 194639.8%

Built since 200129.1%

0.99 %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

764

Workplaces

150

Services share

67.1 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 88 (11.5%) · Secondary 163 (21.3%) · Tertiary 513 (67.1%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

920 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 107 min · Car 67 min

AgglomerationPT 38 min · Car 29 min

Remoteness 2/26 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number2963

Websiteramsen.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Stein

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Ramsen ranks

Largest municipalities1'697 #10 SH · #1073 CH Growing municipalities2.5% #6 SH · #226 CH Shrinking municipalities2.5% #21 SH · #1883 CH Jobs per resident0.45 #5 SH · #675 CH Families & children20.3% #11 SH · #1039 CH Age structure19.6% #24 SH · #1324 CH Women share49.4% #18 SH · #1325 CH Foreign residents32.7% #2 SH · #211 CH Population density126/km² #16 SH · #1337 CH Tax burden12'519 #16 SH · #404 CH Taxes99% #16 SH Warmest municipalities9.9 °C #2 SH · #607 CH Sunniest municipalities38.8% #24 SH · #2096 CH Rainiest municipalities851 mm #16 SH · #2013 CH Voter turnout67.4% #25 SH · #121 CH Against Switzerland27.7% #1 SH · #114 CH Aligned with Switzerland72.3% #14 SH · #1344 CH SVP strongholds53.2% #6 SH · #157 CH SP strongholds14% #24 SH · #1050 CH Centre strongholds12% #1 SH · #1034 CH FDP strongholds6.2% #25 SH · #1772 CH GLP strongholds4.4% #21 SH · #1322 CH Green strongholds2.1% #24 SH · #1949 CH Largest by area13.5 km² #9 SH · #725 CH Highest municipalities418 m #22 SH · #1792 CH Second homes10.5% #11 SH · #1124 CH Organic farming0% #26 SH · #1819 CH Best-connected municipalities107 min #25 SH · #1811 CH Remotest municipalities107 min #2 SH · #291 CH Highest peaks661 m #15 SH · #1323 CH Highest-lying municipalities436 m #25 SH · #1817 CH Greatest vertical range268 m #12 SH · #1093 CH Steepest municipalities5° #24 SH · #1572 CH Solar potential26 GWh #10 SH · #815 CH Solar potential per capita15'144 kWh #7 SH · #413 CH Cheapest electricity30.82 Rp./kWh #21 SH · #1881 CH Most expensive electricity30.82 Rp./kWh #20 SH · #240 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

8262

Ramsen

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Ramsen8262

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Basadingen-Schlattingen

TG · 6.5 km

Dörflingen

SH · 6.9 km

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Ramsen?: The postal code of Ramsen is 8262.
What is the tax rate in Ramsen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Ramsen is 99% (2026); canton SH levies 76%.
How much tax do you pay in Ramsen?: A single person without children pays about 12'519 CHF income tax in Ramsen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 15 of 26 in canton SH. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Ramsen have?: Ramsen has 1'697 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Ramsen?: Ramsen has 555 foreign residents, a share of 32.7% (2025).

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