Trasadingen

Trasadingen
Coat of arms
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Location of Trasadingen
Coordinates: 47°40′N 8°25′E / 47.667°N 8.417°E / 47.667; 8.417Coordinates: 47°40′N 8°25′E / 47.667°N 8.417°E / 47.667; 8.417
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Schaffhausen
District	n.a.
Area
• Total	4.13 km2 (1.59 sq mi)
Elevation	403 m (1,322 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	601
• Density	150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Postal code	8219
SFOS number	2973
Surrounded by	Eggingen (DE-BW), Hallau, Klettgau (DE-BW), Wilchingen
Website	www.trasadingen.ch Profile (German), SFSO statistics

Trasadingen is a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland.

Trasadingen has an area, as of 2006^[update], of 4.1 km² (1.6 sq mi). 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).

The 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.

Trasadingen has a population (as of 2008^[update]) of 585, of which 13.7% are foreign nationals. Of the foreign population, (as of 2008^[update]), 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 (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (96.8%), with Italian being second most common ( 0.8%) and English being third ( 0.4%).

The age distribution of the population (as of 2008^[update]) 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%) .