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Schaffhausen
Schaffhausen · Switzerland
City population
36,587
#16
in Switzerland
#15,098
worldwide
47.697, 8.635 · 122 km from Bern
About Schaffhausen
Schaffhausen is a city in Schaffhausen, Switzerland with a population of 36,587. It is the 16th largest of the 73 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Switzerland, and the 15,098th largest worldwide. It lies 122 km from Bern.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Schaffhausen
Elevation
403 m
Time zone
Europe/Zurich
Coordinates
47.697, 8.635
Record updated
2026-04-13
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured.
Nearby Cities
All 73 in SwitzerlandClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.