The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure three Ears of Wheat leaved Or issuant from a Mount of the same.
Geography
Ramsen has an area,, of. Of this area, 62.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 28.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 7.3% is settled and the remainder is non-productive. The municipality is located in the Stein district which is in the eastern exclave of the canton of Schaffhausen. It consists of the farming village of Ramsen and several hamlets including Bibermühle.
Demographics
Ramsen has a population of 1,299, of which 17.4% are foreign nationals. Of the foreign population,, 59.4% are from Germany, 1.3% are from Italy, 0.4% are from Croatia, 8.5% are from Serbia, 12% are from Macedonia, 0.4% are from Turkey, and 17.9% are from another country. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 6.4%. Most of the population speaks German, with Albanian being second most common and French being third. The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers make up 21.2% of the population, while adults make up 59.4% and seniors make up 19.4%. In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 55.1% of the vote. The next two most popular parties were the FDP, and the SP . In Ramsen about 76.4% of the population have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education. In Ramsen,, 1.78% of the population attend kindergarten or another pre-school, 8.06% attend a Primary School, 4.11% attend a lower level Secondary School, and 3.56% attend a higher level Secondary School. , 45.5% of the population belonged to the Roman Catholic Church and 38.6% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. The historical population is given in the following table:
Ramsen has an unemployment rate population was involved in the secondary sector of the economy while 83.3% were involved in the third. At the same time, 66.8% of the working population was employed full-time, and 33.2% was employed part-time. There were 743 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 47.5% of the workforce. there were 295 residents who worked in the municipality, while 283 residents worked outside Ramsen and 220 people commuted into the municipality for work. , there are 4 restaurants, and 1 hotel with 36 beds. The hospitality industry in Ramsen employs 12 people.
