Pfyn

Pfyn
Pfyn
Municipality
	Coat of arms
	Location of Pfyn
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	Coordinates: 47°35′N 8°57′E / 47.583°N 8.950°E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Thurgau
District	Steckborn
Area
• Total	13.0 km2 (5.0 sq mi)
Elevation	411 m (1,348 ft)
Population (31 December 2018)
• Total	2,016
• Density	160/km2 (400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	8505
SFOS number	4841
ISO 3166 code	CH-TG
Surrounded by	Felben-Wellhausen, Herdern, Homburg, Hüttlingen, Müllheim, Warth-Weiningen
Website	www.pfyn.ch ; SFSO statistics

Pfyn is a municipality in Frauenfeld District in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.

Pfyn gives its name to the ancient Pfyn culture, one of several Neolithic cultures in Switzerland which centered on intensive pig farming and trading, dating from c. 3900 BC to c. 3500 BC.

Pfyn was also the site of a Roman era frontier outpost, named Ad Fines (Latin: meaning "at the borders")

^ ^a ^b "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
^ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.

[wikidata-34465df301612b4c187d3751abe3e95527f60501-v13-1] "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.

[wikidata-08bd17aa84cda5e3983f082e36c9004a86cf08fc-v13-2] "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.

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