Arlesheim (district)
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Arlesheim District Bezirk Arlesheim |
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| Country |
 Switzerland
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| Canton |
 Basel-Landschaft
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| Capital | Arlesheim |
| Area | |
| • Total | 96.24 km2 (37.16 sq mi) |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 154,296 |
| • Density | 1,600/km2 (4,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Municipalities | 15 |
Arlesheim District is one of the five districts of the largely German-speaking canton of Basel-Country, Switzerland. Its capital is the town of Arlesheim. It has a population of 154,296 (as of 31 March 2016).
Arlesheim district has an area, as of 2009[update], of 96.24 square kilometers (37.16 sq mi). Of this area, 27.86 km2 (10.76 sq mi) or 28.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 27.82 km2 (10.74 sq mi) or 28.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 39.17 km2 (15.12 sq mi) or 40.7% is settled (buildings or roads), 1.17 km2 (0.45 sq mi) or 1.2% is either rivers or lakes and 0.19 km2 (0.073 sq mi) or 0.2% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 4.6% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 21.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 9.3%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.3% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 4.1%. Out of the forested land, 27.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 17.8% is used for growing crops and 7.4% is pastures, while 3.8% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
Arlesheim contains a total of fifteen municipalities:
Arlesheim district has a population (as of March 2016[update]) of 154,296. As of 2008[update], 18.5% of the population are resident foreign nationals.
Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (123,190 or 87.0%), with Italian language being second most common (4,772 or 3.4%) and French being third (2,704 or 1.9%). There are 132 people who speak Romansh.
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