Häfelfingen

Coat of arms

Häfelfingen

Location of Häfelfingen

Coordinates: 47°25′N 7°52′E / 47.417°N 7.867°ECoordinates: 47°25′N 7°52′E / 47.417°N 7.867°E

Country

Area

• Total

3.96 km² (1.53 sq mi)

Elevation

555 m (1,821 ft)

Population (Mar 2017)

• Total

260

• Density

66/km² (170/sq mi)

Postal code

4445

SFOS number

2847

Surrounded by

Buckten, Läufelfingen, Rümlingen, Rünenberg, Wisen (SO), Zeglingen

Website

http://www.haefelfingen.ch
SFSO statistics

Häfelfingen is a municipality in the district of Sissach in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.

Häfelfingen is first mentioned in 1358 as Hevelingen.

Häfelfingen has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 3.96 square kilometers (1.53 sq mi). Of this area, 2.32 km² (0.90 sq mi) or 58.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.37 km² (0.53 sq mi) or 34.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.25 km² (0.097 sq mi) or 6.3% is settled (buildings or roads).

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.5%. Out of the forested land, 32.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.0% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 19.7% is used for growing crops and 32.3% is pastures, while 6.6% is used for orchards or vine crops.

The municipality is located in the Sissach district, in a side valley off the Homburger valley. It consists of the village of Häfelfingen and eleven scattered houses or small settlements.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, a Cauldron Sable, in chief Sable.

Häfelfingen has a population (as of March 2017^[update]) of 260. As of 2008^[update], 4.5% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 5.5%.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (245 or 91.4%), with Mazedonisch being second most common (7 or 2.6%) and Spanish being third (4 or 1.5%). There is 1 person who speaks French.

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