Merishausen
Merishausen is a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland.
History
Merishausen is first mentioned in 846 as Morinishusun.Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is ''Azure a Mullet Or.''Geography
Merishausen has an area,, of. Of this area, 30.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 65.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 3.9% is settled and the remainder is non-productive.The municipality is located in the Schaffhausen district on the German border. It is located on the Durach river along an important trade route between southern Germany and Switzerland.
Demographics
Merishausen has a population of 779, of which 10.0% are foreign nationals. Of the foreign population,, 50% are from Germany, 10.9% are from Italy, and 39.1% are from another country. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 7.4%. Most of the population speaks German, with English being second most common and Italian being third. The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers make up 23.1% of the population, while adults make up 61.2% and seniors make up 15.7%.In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 56% of the vote. The next two most popular parties were the SP, and the FDP .
In Merishausen about 78.2% of the population have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education. In Merishausen,, 2.34% of the population attend kindergarten or another pre-school, 7.72% attend a Primary School, 2.48% attend a lower level Secondary School, and 2.76% attend a higher level Secondary School.
, 14.1% of the population belonged to the Roman Catholic Church and 74.2% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.
The historical population is given in the following table:
| year | population |
| 1771 | 467 |
| 1798 | 674 |
| 1850 | 932 |
| 1900 | 632 |
| 1950 | 539 |
| 2000 | 644 |
Economy
Merishausen has an unemployment rate of 0.38%. , there were 58 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 20 businesses involved in this sector. 29 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 7 businesses in this sector. 54 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 19 businesses in this sector.the mid year average unemployment rate was 0.5%. There were 35 non-agrarian businesses in the municipality and 16.2% of the population was involved in the secondary sector of the economy while 83.8% were involved in the third. At the same time, 49.6% of the working population was employed full-time, and 50.4% was employed part-time. There were 117 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 49.6% of the workforce. there were 67 residents who worked in the municipality, while 246 residents worked outside Merishausen and 34 people commuted into the municipality for work.
, there are 3 restaurants in the village and the hospitality industry in Merishausen employs 9 people.