Thayngen
Municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen · FSO no. 2920
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Thayngen centerThe parcel data lists 4’079 parcels in Thayngen, covering 19.9 km². 41.8% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’291 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 4’079
- 8.9% of the canton
- Total area
- 19.9 km²
- 6.7% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’291 m²
- Canton: 1’075 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 41.8%
- Canton: 47.3%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1975
- Canton: 1975
- Switzerland: 1975
About Thayngen
Thayngen ranks 2nd of 26 municipalities in the canton of Schaffhausen by number of parcels and holds 8.9% of the canton's parcels on 6.7% of its area. The median parcel in Thayngen measures 1’291 m², larger than the canton median of 1’075 m². Thayngen is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 41.8% of its parcels have a building, against 47.3% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (22.9%), Wald (14.1%) and Wohnzone 50 (10.3%). In total, Thayngen uses 43 zone designations.
According to the building register, Thayngen has 2’661 buildings with 2’904 dwellings, 1.1 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (73.3%). Non-residential buildings account for 44.5% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1961 to 1980 (22% of them), and 22.5% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1975, is the same as in the canton as a whole.
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 1’706 (41.8%)
Unbuilt: 2’373 (58.2%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 935 | 9.92 km² | 15.5% |
| Wald | 577 | 4.62 km² | 3.8% |
| Wohnzone 50 | 421 | 0.34 km² | 90.3% |
| Wohnzone 35 | 404 | 0.31 km² | 85.4% |
| Verkehrsflächen | 385 | 0.87 km² | 1.8% |
| Kernzone | 185 | 0.12 km² | 85.4% |
| Dorfzone Thayngen | 173 | 0.10 km² | 90.8% |
| Verkehrsflächen BG | 128 | 0.31 km² | 4.7% |
| Wohnzone 60 | 98 | 0.12 km² | 82.7% |
| Dorfzone | 94 | 0.10 km² | 86.2% |
| Industriezone | 67 | 0.38 km² | 85.1% |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone | 61 | 0.10 km² | 95.1% |
| Other zones (31 labels) | 551 | 2.64 km² | 37.9% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 2’661 buildings with 2’904 dwellings here; 1’047 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 2’661
- Dwellings
- 2’904
- Single-family houses
- 1’047
- Building volume
- 4.3 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Thayngen
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Thayngen. Its parcel map shows the parcels of the official cadastral survey with their area, their zone from the municipal zoning plan and their buildings, on swisstopo maps. Building zones, the property map and the geodata of each parcel open on the geopool map. The ÖREB extract of a parcel (public-law restrictions on landownership) is in lookup.
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