Duggingen

Coat of arms

Duggingen

Location of Duggingen

Coordinates: 47°27′N 7°36′E / 47.450°N 7.600°ECoordinates: 47°27′N 7°36′E / 47.450°N 7.600°E

Country

Area

• Total

5.87 km² (2.27 sq mi)

Elevation

339 m (1,112 ft)

Population (Mar 2016)

• Total

1,525

• Density

260/km² (670/sq mi)

Postal code

4202

SFOS number

2785

Surrounded by

Aesch, Dornach (SO), Grellingen, Himmelried (SO), Hochwald (SO), Pfeffingen, Seewen (SO)

Website

www.duggingen.ch
SFSO statistics

Duggingen is a municipality in the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.

Duggingen is first mentioned around 1330 as Tuggingen.

Duggingen has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 5.87 square kilometers (2.27 sq mi). Of this area, 1.7 km² (0.66 sq mi) or 29.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 3.37 km² (1.30 sq mi) or 57.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.75 km² (0.29 sq mi) or 12.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.08 km² (20 acres) or 1.4% is either rivers or lakes.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 5.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.8%. Out of the forested land, 51.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 6.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 8.7% is used for growing crops and 17.2% is pastures, while 3.1% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

The municipality is located in the Laufen district, on a terrace above the last ravine of the Birs valley. It consists of the linear village of Duggingen.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, a Bear salient Sable, armed, langued, and in his virility Gules, on Coupeaux of the third.

Duggingen has a population (as of March 2016^[update]) of 1,525. As of 2008^[update], 14.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 29.6%.

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