Buch is a

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in the

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Schaffhausen Schaffhausen (; ; ; ; ), historically known in English as Shaffhouse, is a list of towns in Switzerland, town with historic roots, a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in northern Switzerland, and the capital of the canton of Schaffh ...

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History

Buch is first mentioned in 1080 when Gerolt von Buch appears as a witness in a document.

Coat of arms

The

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of the municipal

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is ''Gules an Orb Argent banded Or and crossed of the second.''Flags of the World.com
. Retrieved 4 December 2009

Geography

Buch has an area, , of . Of this area, 74.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 19.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The municipality is located in the Stein district. It is a farm village on the Biber river which empties into the

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Demographics

Buch has a population () of 296, of which 20.3% are foreign nationals. Of the foreign population, (), 83.3% are from

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, and 16.7% are from another country.Statistical Office of the Canton of Schaffhausen
. Retrieved 2 December 2009 Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 6.8%. Most of the population () speaks German (74.8%), with Turkish being second most common ( 5.3%) and Arabic being third ( 2.3%).
. Retrieved 4 December 2009 The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 22% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 62.8% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 15.2%. In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 65.4% of the vote. The next two most popular parties were the SP (27.6%), and the FDP (7%) . The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Buch about 64% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory

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or additional higher education (either university or a ''

Fachhochschule A (; plural ), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a Hochschule, German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied arts, such as engineering, te ...

''). In Buch, , 0.66% of the population is attending

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 cen ...

or another pre-school, 4.32% are attending a

Primary School A primary school (in Ireland, India, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, South Africa, and Singapore), elementary school, or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary ...

, 4.65% attend a lower level Secondary School, and 4.98% attend a higher level Secondary School. , 15% of the population belonged to the Roman

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and 51.9% belonged to the

Swiss Reformed Church The Protestant Church in Switzerland (PCS), formerly named Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches until 31 December 2019, is a federation of 25 member churches – 24 cantonal churches and the Evangelical-Methodist Church of Switzerland. The P ...

. The historical population is given in the following table:

Economy and Infrastructure

Buch has an unemployment rate of 0.71%. , there were 28 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 11 businesses involved in this sector. 6 people are employed in the

secondary sector In macroeconomics, the secondary sector of the economy is an economic sector in the three-sector theory that describes the role of manufacturing. It encompasses industries that produce a finished, usable product or are involved in constructi ...

and there are 4 businesses in this sector. 60 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 ...

, with 7 businesses in this sector. the mid year average unemployment rate was 0.9%. There were 9 non-agrarian businesses in the municipality and 21.1% of the (non-agrarian) population was involved in the secondary sector of the economy while 78.9% were involved in the third. At the same time, 78.9% of the working population was employed full-time, and 21.1% was employed part-time. There were 19 residents of the municipality were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 26.3% of the workforce. there were 43 residents who worked in the municipality, while 85 residents worked outside Buch and 9 people commuted into the municipality for work. , there is 1 restaurant in Buch and the hospitality industry employs 2 people.

References

External links

* {{Authority control Municipalities of the canton of Schaffhausen