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Laufen District
Laufen District or Laufental District (french: District de Laufon) is one of the five districts of the largely German-speaking canton of Basel-Country, Switzerland. Its capital is the town of Laufen. Prior to 1994, it was a district of the canton of Bern, one of the seven historical districts of the Bernese Jura. In 1979, three neighbouring French-speaking districts of Bern seceded to form the new canton of Jura. Laufen was left as an exclave of Bern, wedged between Jura, Solothurn, Basel-Country, and France. In 1989, the populace voted to secede from Bern and join Basel-Country. After a transitional period of preparation, this was effected in 1994. It has a population of (as of ). Geography Laufen district has an area, , of . Of this area, or 36.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 52.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 10.5% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.7% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.3% is unproductive land. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Countries Of The World
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 206 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 member states of the United Nations, UN member states, 2 United Nations General Assembly observers#Present non-member observers, UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and 11 other states. The ''sovereignty dispute'' column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and 1 UN General Assembly non-member observer state), states having disputed sovereignty (16 states, of which there are 6 UN member states, 1 UN General Assembly non-member observer state, and 9 de facto states), and states having a political status of the Cook Islands and Niue, special political status (2 states, both in associated state, free association with New Zealand). Compi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Switzerland
Municipalities (german: Gemeinden, ' or '; french: communes; it , comuni; rm, vischnancas) are the lowest level of administrative division in Switzerland. Each municipality is part of one of the Swiss cantons, which form the Swiss Confederation. In most cantons, municipalities are also part of districts or other sub-cantonal administrative divisions. There are 2,136 municipalities . Their populations range between several hundred thousand (Zürich), and a few dozen people (Kammersrohr, Bister), and their territory between 0.32 km² (Rivaz) and 439 km² (Scuol). History The beginnings of the modern municipality system date back to the Helvetic Republic. Under the Old Swiss Confederacy, citizenship was granted by each town and village to only residents. These citizens enjoyed access to community property and in some cases additional protection under the law. Additionally, the urban towns and the rural villages had differing rights and laws. The creation of a uniform Swiss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Language
Italian (''italiano'' or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire. Together with Sardinian, Italian is the least divergent language from Latin. Spoken by about 85 million people (2022), Italian is an official language in Italy, Switzerland (Ticino and the Grisons), San Marino, and Vatican City. It has an official minority status in western Istria (Croatia and Slovenia). Italian is also spoken by large immigrant and expatriate communities in the Americas and Australia.Ethnologue report for language code:ita (Italy) – Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.), 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. Online version Itali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zwingen
Zwingen is a municipality in the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. Geography Zwingen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 33.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 38.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 25.5% is settled (buildings or roads), or 2.6% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.2% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 4.8% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 6.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 8.9%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 3.0% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wahlen
Wahlen is a municipality in the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. Geography Wahlen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 55.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 33.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 11.3% is settled (buildings or roads).Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 7.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.0%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.5% of the area Out of the forested land, 31.2% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 27.9% is used ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Röschenz
Röschenz is a municipality in Laufen District in the Canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland. History Röschenz is first mentioned in 1290 as ''de Roetschentzo''. Until 1723 it was known as ''Reuschansse''. Geography Röschenz has an area, , of . Of this area, or 32.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 60.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 7.1% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.2% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built-up area, housing and buildings made up 4.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.0%. Out of the forested land, 58.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.2% is covered wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roggenburg, Basel-Country
Roggenburg is a municipality in the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. History Both Roman coins and the remains of a Roman watchtower have been discovered within the municipality. Roggenburg is first mentioned in 1162 as ''Rogenberc''. The name originates from the Latin word ''rogus'' (stake; funeral pyre; stack of logs). Roggenburg belonged to the Count of Thierstein and was then handed over to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Basel in 1454. From 1793 to 1815, it was part of France and was initially part of the département of Mont-Terrible, but it was incorporated with the département of Haut-Rhin in 1800. In 1815, the Congress of Vienna declared that the area would become part the district of Delémont within the Canton of Bern. As a German-speaking community, Roggenburg spoke out in the Plebiscite of Jura against the creation of the French-speaking canton of Jura. Because Roggenburg was a border municipality in Delémont District, it came into o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nenzlingen
Nenzlingen is a municipality in the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. History Nenzlingen is first mentioned in 1294 as ''Nencilingen''. Geography Nenzlingen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 41.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 49.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 7.1% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.8% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.8% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.6%. Out of the forested land, 47.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liesberg
Liesberg is a municipality in the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. History Liesberg is first mentioned in 1281 as ''Liesperch''. Geography Liesberg has an area, , of . Of this area, or 36.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 53.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 8.8% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes and or 1.0% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.4% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 2.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.0%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.3% ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grellingen
Grellingen is a municipality in the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. History Grellingen is first mentioned in 1274 as ''Grellingen''. Geography Grellingen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 20.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 57.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 19.3% is settled (buildings or roads), or 3.3% is either rivers or lakes.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 12.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.6%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.5% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.2%. Out of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duggingen
Duggingen is a municipality in the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. History Duggingen is first mentioned around 1330 as ''Tuggingen''. Geography Duggingen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 29.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 57.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 12.8% is settled (buildings or roads), or 1.4% is either rivers or lakes.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 5.6% and transportation made up 4.8%. Out of the forested land, 51.3% of the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dittingen
Dittingen is a municipality in the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. History Dittingen is first mentioned in shortly before 1300 as ''Tittingen''. Geography Dittingen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 29.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 62.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 7.3% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.4% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.0%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.2% of the area Out of the forested land ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
