Oberhallau

Oberhallau is a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland. Both Hallau and Oberhallau are first mentioned in 1095 as Hallaugia superiori et inferiori. Until the Peasants' War of 1653 it was part of Hallau. The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure a Fleur-de-lis Argent and overall a Key Or in fess. Oberhallau has an area, , of . Of this area, 72.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 20.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 6.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.2%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes). The municipality is located in the Unterklettgau district on the foot of the Hallauerberg. Oberhallau has a population () of 425, of which 2.4% are foreign nationals. Of the foreign population, (), 30% are from Germany, 10% are from Italy, and 60% are from another country. Most of the population () speaks German (97.2%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 1.0%) and English being third ( 0.5%). The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 22.4% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 61.6% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 16%. In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 61.5% of the vote. The next two most popular parties were the SP (23.7%), and the FDP (14.7%) . In Oberhallau about 84.3% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). In Oberhallau, , 3.56% of the population attend kindergarten or another pre-school, 4.28% attend a Primary School, 4.75% attend a lower level Secondary School, and 3.8% attend a higher level Secondary School. 13.6% of the population belonged to the Roman Catholic Church and 77.1% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. The historical population is given in the following table: Oberhallau has an unemployment rate, , of 0.64%. , there were 88 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 31 businesses involved in this sector.