The canton of Schaffhausen, also written canton of Schaffhouse in French, is the northernmost canton of Switzerland, and its principal city and capital is Schaffhausen. Its territory is divided into three segments that do not touch, where German territory reaches the Rhine. The large central part, which includes the capital, separates the German exclave of Büsingen am Hochrhein from the rest of Germany. Two Paleolithic sites show that people lived here between 15,000 and 11,000 BC: the rock shelter of Schweizersbild in the municipality of Schaffhausen and the cave of Kesslerloch in Thayngen. In Roman times there was a town near present-day Schleitheim whose name, Iuliomagus, appears on the Tabula Peutingeriana.
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Area (sq km) Admission Year Connections
Has Capital
Source Canton of Schaffhausen (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Switzerland: Cantons and Cities
citypopulation.deCantons table, area column
Schaffhausen SH Schaffhausen 298 69,413 72,160 73,392 76,356 83,107 90,073
Cantons table, 2025 estimate column
Schaffhausen SH Schaffhausen 298 69,413 72,160 73,392 76,356 83,107 90,073
View the Source 2. Canton of Schaffhausen (Wikipedia)
History, accession
Schaffhausen became a full member of the Old Swiss Confederation in 1501.
Part Of: Switzerland, Lead
is the northernmost canton of Switzerland
Has Capital: Schaffhausen, Lead
The principal city and capital of the canton is Schaffhausen.
In Group: Cantons (World), Lead
is the northernmost canton of Switzerland
View the SourceSwitzerland (Wikipedia)
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is a landlocked country located at the intersection of Central, Western, and Southern Europe
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