Guntmadingen is a former

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in the canton of

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in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipality of Guntmadingen merged into the municipality of Beringen.Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
. Retrieved 9 February 2013

History

Guntmadingen is first mentioned in 1111 as ''Guntrammingin'', though this comes from a 12th-century forgery. In 1122 it was mentioned as ''Guntramingin''.

Coat of arms

The

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of the municipal

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is ''Per pale Gules a Dove Argent statant on a Cross patte sable regardant to sinister holding in the beak a branch Vert and of the last a Garb Or.''Flags of the World.com
Retrieved 9 December 2009

Geography

Before the merger, Guntmadingen had a total area of . Of this area, 37.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 56.7% is forested. The rest of the land, (5.5%) is settled. The municipality is located in the Oberklettgau district. The farming municipality is located at the foot of the ''Lauferberg'' and includes a high, forested region.

Demographics

Guntmadingen had a population (as of 2010) of 237.
Retrieved 11 February 2013 In 2008 a total of 5.6% were foreign nationals. Of the foreign population, (), 35.7% are from Germany, 14.3% are from Italy, and 50% are from another country.Statistical Office of the Canton of Schaffhausen
. Retrieved 2 December 2009 Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 4.7%. Most of the population () speaks German (97.3%), with Swedish 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 25.4% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 59.7% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 14.9%. In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 65.1% of the vote. The next two most popular parties were the SP (21.3%), and the FDP (13.6%) . The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Guntmadingen about 77.1% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory

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or additional higher education (either university or a ''

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''). In Guntmadingen, , 2.86% of the population attend

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or another pre-school, 8.98% attend a

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, 2.45% attend a lower level Secondary School, and 3.27% attend a higher level Secondary School. , 10.1% of the population belonged to the Roman

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and 77.1% belonged to the

Swiss Reformed Church The Protestant Church in Switzerland (PCS), formerly named Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches until 31 December 2019, is a federation of 25 member churches – 24 cantonal churches and the Evangelical-Methodist Church of Switzerland. The P ...

. The historical population is given in the following table:

Economy

Guntmadingen has an unemployment rate of 0.73%. , there were 43 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 15 businesses involved in this sector. 9 people are employed in the

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and there are 4 businesses in this sector. 8 people are employed in the

tertiary sector The tertiary sector of the economy, generally known as the service sector, is the third of the three economic sectors in the three-sector model (also known as the economic cycle). The others are the primary sector (raw materials) and the ...

, with 4 businesses in this sector. the mid year average unemployment rate was 0.6%. There were 8 non-agrarian businesses in the municipality and 40% of the (non-agrarian) population was involved in the secondary sector of the economy while 60% were involved in the third. At the same time, 55% of the working population was employed full-time, and 45% was employed part-time. There were 20 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 35% of the workforce. there were 39 residents who worked in the municipality, while 84 residents worked outside Guntmadingen and 15 people commuted into the municipality for work. , there is 1 restaurant and the hospitality industry in Guntmadingen employs 4 people.

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* {{Authority control Former municipalities of the canton of Schaffhausen