[3] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules an Orb Argent banded Or and crossed of the second.

Of the rest of the land, 5.5% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (74.8%), with Turkish being second most common ( 5.3%) and Arabic being third ( 2.3%).

[6] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 65.4% of the vote.

There were 19 residents of the municipality were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 26.3% of the workforce.

[6] As of 2008[update], there is 1 restaurant in Buch and the hospitality industry employs 2 people.