Nenzlingen
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| Coordinates: 47°27′N 7°34′E / 47.450°N 7.567°ECoordinates: 47°27′N 7°34′E / 47.450°N 7.567°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Basel-Landschaft | |
| District | Laufen | |
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| • Total | 3.66 km2 (1.41 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 438 m (1,437 ft) | |
| Population (Mar 2016) | ||
| • Total | 424 | |
| • Density | 120/km2 (300/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 4224 | |
| SFOS number | 2789 | |
| Surrounded by | Blauen, Brislach, Ettingen, Grellingen, Pfeffingen, Zwingen | |
| Website |
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Nenzlingen is a municipality in the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.
Nenzlingen is first mentioned in 1294 as Nencilingen.
Nenzlingen has an area, as of 2009[update], of 3.66 square kilometers (1.41 sq mi). Of this area, 1.53 km2 (0.59 sq mi) or 41.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.8 km2 (0.69 sq mi) or 49.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.26 km2 (0.10 sq mi) or 7.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.03 km2 (7.4 acres) or 0.8% is either rivers or lakes and 0.03 km2 (7.4 acres) or 0.8% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.6%. Out of the forested land, 47.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 13.9% is used for growing crops and 15.6% is pastures, while 1.9% is used for orchards or vine crops and 10.4% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located in the Laufen district, in the Blauen hills. It consists of the haufendorf village (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Nenzlingen.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale, Gules a Key Argent, Argent a Bar fleury Azure.
Nenzlingen has a population (as of March 2016[update]) of 424. As of 2008[update], 5.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 12.6%.
Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (341 or 96.9%), with Italian language being second most common (7 or 2.0%) and French being third (2 or 0.6%).
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