Dörflingen
municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland
Dörflingen is a village and a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland. It borders a short strip of the north shore of the Rhine.
History
Dörflingen is first mentioned in 1264 as Dorfelingen.
Geography
Dörflingen has an area, as of 2006, of 5.8 km2 (2.2 sq mi). Of this area, 64.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 26.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 7.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.4%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).
Dörflingen is located in the Reiat district, about 6 km (3.7 mi) east of Schaffhausen and has two separate international borders with Germany, one of which being with the German exclave of Büsingen am Hochrhein.
Economy
Dörflingen has an unemployment rate of 1.02%. As of 2005, there were 60 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 26 businesses involved in this sector. 68 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 9 businesses in this sector.
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