Liesberg
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| Coordinates: 47°24′N 7°25′E / 47.400°N 7.417°ECoordinates: 47°24′N 7°25′E / 47.400°N 7.417°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Basel-Landschaft | |
| District | Laufen | |
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| • Total | 12.49 km2 (4.82 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 521 m (1,709 ft) | |
| Population (Mar 2016) | ||
| • Total | 1,172 | |
| • Density | 94/km2 (240/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 4253 | |
| SFOS number | 2788 | |
| Surrounded by | Bärschwil (SO), Courroux (JU), Kleinlützel (SO), Laufen, Roggenburg, Röschenz, Soyhières (JU) | |
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Liesberg is a municipality in the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.
Liesberg is first mentioned in 1281 as Liesperch.
Liesberg has an area, as of 2009[update], of 12.49 square kilometers (4.82 sq mi). Of this area, 4.57 km2 (1.76 sq mi) or 36.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 6.66 km2 (2.57 sq mi) or 53.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.1 km2 (0.42 sq mi) or 8.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.06 km2 (15 acres) or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes and 0.12 km2 (30 acres) or 1.0% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.4% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 2.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.0%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.3% of the area Out of the forested land, 49.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 8.6% is used for growing crops and 19.9% is pastures and 7.2% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located in the Laufen district, along the Blauen mountains. It consists of the haufendorf village (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Liesberg and the hamlets of Riederwald and Oberrüti and the industrial development of Liesberg-Station.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, a Swan passant on Coupeaux of Six Gules issuant from two Fillets wavy Sable.
Liesberg has a population (as of March 2016[update]) of 1,172. As of 2008[update], 9.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 0.9%.
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