Känerkinden
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| Coordinates: 47°25′N 7°50′E / 47.417°N 7.833°ECoordinates: 47°25′N 7°50′E / 47.417°N 7.833°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Basel-Landschaft | |
| District | Sissach | |
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| • Total | 1.48 km2 (0.57 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 551 m (1,808 ft) | |
| Population (Mar 2017) | ||
| • Total | 520 | |
| • Density | 350/km2 (910/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 4447 | |
| SFOS number | 2850 | |
| Surrounded by | Buckten, Diegten, Läufelfingen, Wittinsburg | |
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Känerkinden is a municipality in the district of Sissach in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.
Känerkinden is first mentioned in 1359 as Kennichingen.
Känerkinden has an area, as of 2009[update], of 1.48 square kilometers (0.57 sq mi). Of this area, 1.01 km2 (0.39 sq mi) or 68.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.2 km2 (0.077 sq mi) or 13.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.23 km2 (0.089 sq mi) or 15.5% is settled (buildings or roads).
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 11.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.0%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.4% of the area. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 52.0% is used for growing crops and 7.4% is pastures, while 8.8% is used for orchards or vine crops.
The municipality is located in the Sissach district, in a small depression in the Jura Mountains between the Diegter valley and the Homburger valley.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, a Sun Or, in base a Plough Argent.
Känerkinden has a population (as of March 2017[update]) of 520. As of 2008[update], 8.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of -0.2%.
Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (443 or 91.5%), with Italian language being second most common (16 or 3.3%) and French being third (8 or 1.7%). There is 1 person who speaks Romansh.
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