section_path: Territories of Schengen states outside the Area
section_name: Territories of Schengen states outside the Area
paragraph_text: Territories of Schengen states outside the Area
  
  There are territories of Schengen member states that are exempted from the Schengen Agreement. The only areas of Schengen member states located in Europe but excluded are the Faroe Islands and Svalbard. Until 2008, when Switzerland joined the Schengen Area, the German exclave Busingen am Hochrhein, a small village in Baden-Württemberg, remained outside of the Schengen Area, being completely surrounded by Switzerland.