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.