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. 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. Coat of arms 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. Demographics Thayngen has a population () of 4,935, of which 17.8% are foreign nationals. Of the foreign population, (), 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 () speaks German (90.2%), with Italian being second most common ( 3.1%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 2.0%). The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 20% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 61.1% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 18.9%. In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 39.4% of the vote. The next two most popular parties were the SP (33.4%), and the FDP (27.2%). In Thayngen about 72.9% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). In Thayngen, , 1.62% of the population attend kindergarten or another pre-school, 6.12% attend a Primary School, 3.51% attend a lower level Secondary School, and 1.68% attend a higher level Secondary School. , 22.6% of the population belonged to the Roman Catholic Church and 57.1% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. The historical population is given in the following table: Economy Thayngen has an unemployment rate of 1.75%. , there were 212 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 50 businesses involved in this sector. 1,342 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 54