Canton · SH
Schaffhausen
26 municipalities in 6 districts.
- residents, 2025
- 90’087
- km² of land
- 298
- residents per km²
- 302
- Building insurance
- Compulsory, with Gebäudeversicherung des Kantons Schaffhausen (the canton’s own insurer).0.25 ‰ of the insured value a year: CHF 250 per CHF 1 million, plus up to CHF 8 federal stamp duty; the insurer does not say whether its rate includes it.Beschluss SHR 960.112 § 1, read 12.10.2026; Brandschutzverordnung SHR 550.101 § 56 para. 4, read 12.10.2026
| Schaffhausen | Schaffhausen | 39’228 | 41.85 | 937 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neuhausen am Rheinfall | Schaffhausen | 12’198 | 8.00 | 1’525 |
| Thayngen | Reiat | 5’925 | 19.92 | 297 |
| Beringen | Schaffhausen | 5’396 | 18.68 | 289 |
| Stein am Rhein | Stein | 3’956 | 5.79 | 683 |
| Neunkirch | Oberklettgau | 2’704 | 17.92 | 151 |
| Hallau | Unterklettgau | 2’600 | 15.32 | 170 |
| Schleitheim | Schleitheim | 1’928 | 21.63 | 89 |
| Wilchingen | Unterklettgau | 1’747 | 21.10 | 83 |
| Ramsen | Stein | 1’697 | 13.50 | 126 |
| Löhningen | Oberklettgau | 1’658 | 6.83 | 243 |
| Stetten (SH) | Reiat | 1’485 | 4.72 | 315 |
| Dörflingen | Reiat | 1’074 | 5.82 | 185 |
| Gächlingen | Oberklettgau | 1’043 | 7.13 | 146 |
| Merishausen | Schaffhausen | 907 | 17.56 | 52 |
| Siblingen | Schleitheim | 906 | 9.42 | 96 |
| Buchberg | Schaffhausen | 864 | 5.86 | 147 |
| Rüdlingen | Schaffhausen | 825 | 5.51 | 150 |
| Lohn (SH) | Reiat | 763 | 4.87 | 157 |
| Trasadingen | Unterklettgau | 626 | 4.14 | 151 |
| Hemishofen | Stein | 492 | 7.89 | 62 |
| Büttenhardt | Reiat | 472 | 4.00 | 118 |
| Beggingen | Schleitheim | 459 | 12.58 | 36 |
| Oberhallau | Unterklettgau | 455 | 6.05 | 75 |
| Buch (SH) | Stein | 340 | 3.80 | 89 |
| Bargen (SH) | Schaffhausen | 339 | 8.27 | 41 |
Sources: population and foreign residents on 31.12.2025 and private households 2025, Federal Statistical Office (STATPOP), on today’s municipal boundaries; municipalities, districts and land area without lakes, swisstopo swissTLMRegio; postcodes, swisstopo’s official locality register. Updated each September.