Thayngen

Also known as Thayngen SH

Thayngen () is a village and a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland. The neighboring village Barzheim merged with Thayngen on 1 January 2004. On 1 January 2009 Altdorf, Bibern, Hofen and Opfertshofen merged into Thayngen.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name: Thayngen
Swiss town.municipality_type: municipality
Swiss town.imagepath_flag: CHE Thayngen Flag.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: Wappen Thayngen.png
Swiss town.image_photo: Picswiss SH-03-01.jpg
Swiss town.canton: Schaffhausen
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-SH
Swiss town.district: n.a.
Swiss town.postal_code: 8240
Swiss town.municipality_code: 2920
Swiss town.area: 11.92
Swiss town.elevation: 437
Swiss town.population: 4935
Swiss town.populationof: December 2008
Swiss town.popofyear: 2008
Swiss town.website: www.thayngen.ch
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities: Bibern, Dörflingen, Gottmadingen (DE-BW), Hilzingen (DE-BW), Lohn, Schaffhausen, Stetten

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Geography
Coat of arms
Demographics
Economy
Heritage sites of national significance
Transportation
References
External links

==Geography== thumb|left|250px|Chapf and Thayngen thumb|Aerial view (1958) Thayngen has an area, , of . Of this area, 52.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 28.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 17.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.8%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).

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