Lupsingen

Coat of arms

Lupsingen

Location of Lupsingen

Coordinates: 47°27′N 7°42′E / 47.450°N 7.700°ECoordinates: 47°27′N 7°42′E / 47.450°N 7.700°E

Country

Area

• Total

3.12 km² (1.20 sq mi)

Elevation

431 m (1,414 ft)

Population (Mar 2016)

• Total

1,435

• Density

460/km² (1,200/sq mi)

Postal code

4419

SFOS number

2830

Surrounded by

Bubendorf, Büren (SO), Nuglar-Sankt Pantaleon (SO), Seewen (SO), Seltisberg, Ziefen

Website

www.lupsingen.ch
SFSO statistics

Lupsingen is a municipality in the district of Liestal in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.

Lupsingen is first mentioned in 1194 as Lubesingin.

Lupsingen has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 3.12 square kilometers (1.20 sq mi). Of this area, 1.27 km² (0.49 sq mi) or 40.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.39 km² (0.54 sq mi) or 44.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.49 km² (0.19 sq mi) or 15.7% is settled (buildings or roads).

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 12.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.6%. Out of the forested land, 43.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 19.9% is used for growing crops and 18.9% is pastures, while 1.9% is used for orchards or vine crops.

The municipality is located in the Liestal district, in a shallow depression in the Oris valley.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, a Wolf rampant Azure, armed, langued, vilené and of mouths Gules, toothed Argent.

Lupsingen has a population (as of March 2016^[update]) of 1,435. As of 2008^[update], 7.5% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 15.6%.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (1,173 or 94.8%), with Albanian being second most common (17 or 1.4%) and French being third (11 or 0.9%).

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