| Subject Name: | Buch |
| Municipality Type: | municipality |
| Canton: | Schaffhausen |
| Iso-Code-Region: | CH-SH |
| District: | n.a. |
| Coordinates: | 47.7167°N 55°W |
| Postal Code: | 8263 |
| Municipality Code: | 2961 |
| Area: | 3.80 |
| Elevation: | 416 |
| Population: | 296 |
| Populationof: | December 2008 |
| Popofyear: | 2008 |
| Website: | buch-sh.ch |
Buch is a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland.
Buch is first mentioned in 1080 when Gerolt von Buch appears as a witness in a document.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules an Orb Argent banded Or and crossed of the second.[1]
Buch has an area,, of 3.8km2. 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 Rhine.
Buch has a population of 296, of which 20.3% are foreign nationals. Of the foreign population,, 83.3% are from Germany, and 16.7% are from another country.[2] 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%).[3]
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%.[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%) .[3]
The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Buch about 64% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).[3] In Buch,, 0.66% of the population is attending kindergarten or another pre-school, 4.32% are attending a Primary School, 4.65% attend a lower level Secondary School, and 4.98% attend a higher level Secondary School.[2]
, 15% of the population belonged to the Roman Catholic Church and 51.9% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.[2]
The historical population is given in the following table:
| year | population |
|---|---|
| 1836 | 288 |
| 1850 | 399 |
| 1900 | 389 |
| 1910 | 348 |
| 1950 | 329 |
| 1980 | 259 |
| 2000 | 341 |
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 and there are 4 businesses in this sector. 60 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 7 businesses in this sector.[3]
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.[2]
, there is 1 restaurant in Buch and the hospitality industry employs 2 people.[2]