Löhningen is a

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in the

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Schaffhausen Schaffhausen (; gsw, Schafuuse; french: Schaffhouse; it, Sciaffusa; rm, Schaffusa; en, Shaffhouse) is a town with historic roots, a municipality in northern Switzerland, and the capital of the canton of the same name; it has an estimat ...

in Switzerland.

History

Löhningen is first mentioned in 1112 as ''Loningen''. An earlier reference, from about 778-781, to ''Loninga'' might refer to the village of Löhningen in Steinatal in Waldshut district in Germany.

Coat of arms

The

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of the municipal

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is ''Per fess Gules a Trefoil slipped Vert and Sable two bends sinister of the second.''Flags of the World.com
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Geography

Löhningen has an area, , of . Of this area, 53.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 38.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 8.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.1%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes). The municipality is located in the Oberklettgau district. Löhningen shares a border with Beringen in the East, Guntmadingen in the South-East, Neunkirch in the South-West, Gächlingen in the West and Siblingen in the North-West. Children from Löhningen attend Secondary School in Beringen, Primary School and kindergarten in Löhningen itself. The municipality on the foot of the

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range is surrounded by

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Demographics

Löhningen has a population () of 1,213, of which 9.5% are foreign nationals. Of the foreign population, (), 40.4% are from Germany, 6.4% are from Italy, 2.8% are from

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, 12.8% are from

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, and 37.6% are from another country.Statistical Office of the Canton of Schaffhausen
accessed 2 December 2009 Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 4.5%. Most of the population () speaks German (95.7%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 1.3%) and French being third ( 0.6%).
accessed 16-December-2009 The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 23% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 61% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 16%. In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 48.2% of the vote. The next two most popular parties were the SP (27%), and the FDP (24.8%) . The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Löhningen about 85.2% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory

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or additional higher education (either university or a ''

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''). In Löhningen, , 2.4% of the population attend

kindergarten Kindergarten is a preschool educational approach based on playing, singing, practical activities such as drawing, and social interaction as part of the transition from home to school. Such institutions were originally made in the late 18th cent ...

or another pre-school, 7.21% attend a

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, 4.12% attend a lower level Secondary School, and 3.52% attend a higher level Secondary School. , 16% of the population belonged to the

Roman Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

and 69.9% belonged to the

Swiss Reformed Church The Protestant Church in Switzerland (PCS), (EKS); french: Église évangélique réformée de Suisse (EERS); it, Chiesa evangelica riformata in Svizzera (CERiS); rm, Baselgia evangelica refurmada da la Svizra (BRRS) formerly named Federation o ...

. The historical population is given in the following table:

Economy

Löhningen has an unemployment rate of 1.5%. , there were 46 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 17 businesses involved in this sector. 80 people are employed in the

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and there are 14 businesses in this sector. 69 people are employed in the

tertiary sector The tertiary sector of the economy, generally known as the service sector, is the third of the three economic sectors in the three-sector model (also known as the economic cycle). The others are the primary sector ( raw materials) and the secon ...

, with 28 businesses in this sector. the mid year average unemployment rate was 1.6%. There were 46 non-agrarian businesses in the municipality and 52.7% of the (non-agrarian) population was involved in the secondary sector of the economy while 47.3% were involved in the third. At the same time, 67.7% of the working population was employed full-time, and 32.3% was employed part-time. There were 167 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 33.5% of the workforce. there were 131 residents who worked in the municipality, while 446 residents worked outside Löhningen and 74 people commuted into the municipality for work.

References

External links

Municipal website

Wine press building website
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