Basadingen-Schlattingen is a municipality in Frauenfeld District in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.
[5] Early evidence of settlements includes, finds from the Neolithic period (e.g. on the Buchberg and Dickihof), and a Roman villa with graves in Unterschlatt.
In the Early Middle Ages the monasteries of St. Gallen, Rheinau, Reichenau and Allerheiligen owned land in Basadingen.
[4] During the High Middle Ages the village belonged partly to the parish of Stammheim (today Oberstammheim and Unterstammheim) and partly to the Basadingen parish, which was formed in the 13th century when St. Martin's Church was built.
Since then agricultural amelioration (mostly, relocation of fruit orchards) and a strong population growth has led to changes in the appearance and character of the village.
[4] Finds from the Paleolithic and Roman era indicate that there were earlier settlements in the area.
In the Middle Ages the monasteries of St. Gallen, Münsterlingen, St. Katharinental and Wagenhausen all held property and rights in Schlattingen.
The right to appoint pastors of the village church (built in 1275) was held by the Göberg family.
It produced grain, fruit, clover and grapes and in the 19th century there was increased dairy farming.
Between 1920 and 1980, the proportion of jobs in agriculture dropped from 72% to 46%, while the services sector saw an increase from 6% to 29%.
[5] Basadingen-Schlattingen has an area, as of 2009[update], of 15.64 square kilometers (6.04 sq mi).
Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German(95.7%), with Albanian being second most common ( 1.4%) and Italian being third ( 0.7%).
[8] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Basadingen-Schlattingen is; 179 children or 10.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 226 teenagers or 13.3% are between 10 and 19.
[14] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 55.28% of the vote.
In the federal election, a total of 586 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 52.0%.
[15] The historical population is given in the following table:[4][5] As of 2007[update], Basadingen-Schlattingen had an unemployment rate of 1%.
[9] From the 2000 census[update], 416 or 27.2% were Roman Catholic, while 765 or 50.1% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.