Trasadingen

Geschichte

Trasadingen is a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland.GeographyTrasadingen has an area, of 4.1km2. Of this area, 76.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 12.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 11% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.5%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent, a Vine Vert fructed Azure issuant from a Cross pattee of the second and in chief dexter a Cross pattee Sable and sinister a Sickle proper.DemographicsTrasadingen has a population of 585, of which 13.7% are foreign nationals. Of the foreign population, 61.7% are from Germany, 23.5% are from Italy, 1.2% are from Turkey, and 13.6% are from another country. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 2.6%. Most of the population speaks German (96.8%), with Italian being second most common ( 0.8%) and English being third ( 0.4%).The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 23.8% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 59.1% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 17.1%.In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 46.6% of the vote. The next two most popular parties were the SP (28.4%), and the FDP (25%).