Blauen, Basel-Landschaft
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| Coordinates: 47°27′N 7°31′E / 47.450°N 7.517°ECoordinates: 47°27′N 7°31′E / 47.450°N 7.517°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Basel-Landschaft | |
| District | Laufen | |
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| • Total | 7.13 km2 (2.75 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 533 m (1,749 ft) | |
| Population (Mar 2016) | ||
| • Total | 693 | |
| • Density | 97/km2 (250/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 4223 | |
| SFOS number | 2781 | |
| Surrounded by | Dittingen, Ettingen, Hofstetten-Flüh (SO), Metzerlen-Mariastein (SO), Nenzlingen, Pfeffingen, Zwingen | |
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Blauen is a municipality in the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.
Blauen is first mentioned in 1147 as Blakwan.
Blauen has an area, as of 2009[update], of 7.13 square kilometers (2.75 sq mi). Of this area, 2.42 km2 (0.93 sq mi) or 33.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 4.29 km2 (1.66 sq mi) or 60.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.38 km2 (0.15 sq mi) or 5.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 0.3% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.5%. Out of the forested land, 58.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 12.9% is used for growing crops and 12.9% is pastures, while 2.7% is used for orchards or vine crops and 5.5% is used for alpine pastures.
The municipality is located in the Laufen district, on the southern slope of the Blauen mountains.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, a Bar Sable, in chief a Mullet of the same.
Blauen has a population (as of March 2016[update]) of 693. As of 2008[update], 4.8% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 4.2%.
Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (641 or 97.1%), with French being second most common (10 or 1.5%) and Finnisch being third (2 or 0.3%).
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