Thayngen

Thayngen
Coat of arms
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Location of Thayngen
Coordinates: 47°44′N 8°42′E / 47.733°N 8.700°E / 47.733; 8.700Coordinates: 47°44′N 8°42′E / 47.733°N 8.700°E / 47.733; 8.700
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Schaffhausen
District	n.a.
Area
• Total	19.93 km2 (7.70 sq mi)
Elevation	437 m (1,434 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	5,293
• Density	270/km2 (690/sq mi)
Postal code	8240
SFOS number	2920
Surrounded by	Bibern, Dörflingen, Gottmadingen (DE-BW), Hilzingen (DE-BW), Lohn, Schaffhausen, Stetten
Website	www.thayngen.ch Profile (German), SFSO statistics

Thayngen (German pronun­cia­tion: [ˈtaːɪŋən]) is a village and a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland. On 1 January 2009 Altdorf, Bibern, Hofen, Opfertshofen merged into Thayngen.

Thayngen has an area, as of 2006^[update], of 11.9 km² (4.6 sq mi). 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.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale Sable a key Argent and Vert a Sickle of the second and in chief a Cross couped.

Thayngen has a population (as of 2008^[update]) of 4,935, of which 17.8% are foreign nationals. Of the foreign population, (as of 2008^[update]), 47.4% are from Germany, 15.2% are from Italy, 5.5% are from Croatia, 10.2% are from Serbia, 4.1% are from Macedonia, 4.7% are from Turkey, and 12.9% are from another country. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 6.2%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (90.2%), with Italian being second most common ( 3.1%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 2.0%).