Buus
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| Coordinates: 47°30′N 7°52′E / 47.500°N 7.867°ECoordinates: 47°30′N 7°52′E / 47.500°N 7.867°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Basel-Landschaft | |
| District | Sissach | |
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| • Total | 8.85 km2 (3.42 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 445 m (1,460 ft) | |
| Population (Mar 2016) | ||
| • Total | 1,022 | |
| • Density | 120/km2 (300/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 4463 | |
| SFOS number | 2844 | |
| Surrounded by | Hellikon (AG), Hemmiken, Maisprach, Ormalingen, Rickenbach, Wintersingen, Zeiningen (AG), Zuzgen (AG) | |
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Buus is a municipality in the district of Sissach in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.
Buus is first mentioned in 1273 as Bus.
Buus has an area, as of 2009[update], of 8.85 square kilometers (3.42 sq mi). Of this area, 5.71 km2 (2.20 sq mi) or 64.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.52 km2 (0.97 sq mi) or 28.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.64 km2 (0.25 sq mi) or 7.2% is settled (buildings or roads).
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.5%. Out of the forested land, 26.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 25.5% is used for growing crops and 30.8% is pastures, while 8.1% is used for orchards or vine crops.
The municipality is located in the Sissach district, in a depression on the north foot of Farnsberg mountain. It consists of the haufendorf village (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Buus.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, a Vine Vert fructed Azure entwined around a Rod Gules attached by two rings Or issuant from a Base Sable.
Buus has a population (as of March 2016[update]) of 1,022. As of 2008[update], 7.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 9.5%.
Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (876 or 96.4%), with Albanian being second most common (15 or 1.7%) and English being third (4 or 0.4%). There is 1 person who speaksFrench while no one speaks Romansh.
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