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Thayngen
Schaffhausenvillage
Thayngen
Total population
5,151
Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
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.
Read more on WikipediaHistory & geography
Geography
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). Two kettle ponds are located in Thayngen: Morgetshofsee and Rudolfersee.
Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- European roe deerCapreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia5,500
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta4,547
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus (von Rottemburg, 1775) · Insecta2,869
- Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea Linnaeus, 1758 · Insecta2,847
- red foxVulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia2,296
- Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta2,057
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves1,939
- Red KiteMilvus milvus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves1,842
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 3.7 — 2026-04-264 km N of Quarten, Switzerland
- M 3.5 — 2024-06-271 km SSW of Todtmoos, Germany
- M 4.2 — 2024-06-042 km NNW of Unteriberg, Switzerland
- M 3.4 — 2022-10-16Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
- M 3.8 — 2022-09-012 km WSW of Sevelen, Switzerland
- M 4 — 2022-07-092 km NNE of Grosselfingen, Germany
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Schaffhausen
- Barzheim1.2 mi away
- Büttenhardt2.5 mi away · pop. 438
- Dörflingen2.8 mi away · pop. 907
- Opfertshofen SH3 mi away · pop. 141
- Altdorf SH3.4 mi away · pop. 188
- Buch4.1 mi away · pop. 416
- Merishausen4.6 mi away · pop. 828
- Schaffhausen4.8 mi away · pop. 35,927
- Ramsen5.6 mi away · pop. 1,375
- Hemmental5.9 mi away · pop. 513
- Neuhausen am Rheinfall6.1 mi away · pop. 11,834
- Beringen7.1 mi away · pop. 4,118
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about Thayngen
Search results from Open Library.
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
Gallery
Official Identifiers
BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office
- BFS-Nr
- 2920
- Population (Wikidata)
- 5,453
- Wikidata
- Q69152
Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Elevation
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
- • BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771