Bretzwil

Bretzwil
Coat of arms
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Location of Bretzwil
Coordinates: 47°24′N 7°39′E / 47.400°N 7.650°E / 47.400; 7.650Coordinates: 47°24′N 7°39′E / 47.400°N 7.650°E / 47.400; 7.650
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Basel-Landschaft
District	Waldenburg
Area
• Total	7.33 km2 (2.83 sq mi)
Elevation	628 m (2,060 ft)
Population (Mar 2016)
• Total	778
• Density	110/km2 (270/sq mi)
Postal code	4207
SFOS number	2883
Surrounded by	Lauwil, Nunningen (SO), Reigoldswil, Seewen (SO)
Website	http://www.bretzwil.ch SFSO statistics

Bretzwil is a municipality in the district of Waldenburg in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.

Bretzwil is first mentioned in 1194 as Braswilere. In 1247 it was mentioned as Brezwilr.

Bretzwil has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 7.33 square kilometers (2.83 sq mi). Of this area, 4.17 km² (1.61 sq mi) or 56.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.83 km² (1.09 sq mi) or 38.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.35 km² (0.14 sq mi) or 4.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.8%. Out of the forested land, 35.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 10.5% is used for growing crops and 35.1% is pastures, while 4.8% is used for orchards or vine crops and 6.5% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

The municipality is located in the Waldenburg district, at the base of the Jura Mountains.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, two Battons fleury Gules in saltire.

Bretzwil has a population (as of March 2016^[update]) of 778. As of 2008^[update], 7.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 8.5%.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (669 or 94.0%), with Turkish being second most common (10 or 1.4%) and Serbo-Croatian being third (6 or 0.8%). There are 4 people who speak French.