Pfeffingen

Coat of arms

Pfeffingen

Location of Pfeffingen

Coordinates: 47°27′N 7°35′E / 47.450°N 7.583°ECoordinates: 47°27′N 7°35′E / 47.450°N 7.583°E

Country

Area

• Total

4.9 km² (1.9 sq mi)

Elevation

392 m (1,286 ft)

Population (Mar 2016)

• Total

2,392

• Density

490/km² (1,300/sq mi)

Postal code

4148

SFOS number

2772

Surrounded by

Aesch, Blauen, Duggingen, Ettingen, Grellingen, Nenzlingen

Website

www.pfeffingen.ch
SFSO statistics

Pfeffingen (Swiss German: Pfäffige) is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.

Pfeffingen is first mentioned in 1156 as Fefingen.

Pfeffingen has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 4.9 square kilometers (1.9 sq mi). Of this area, 1.57 km² (0.61 sq mi) or 32.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.58 km² (1.00 sq mi) or 52.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.7 km² (0.27 sq mi) or 14.3% is settled (buildings or roads).

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 10.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.5%. Out of the forested land, 50.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 3.5% is used for growing crops and 26.3% is pastures, while 2.2% is used for orchards or vine crops.

The municipality is located in the Arlesheim district, on a terrace that runs along the eastern edge of the Blauenkette on the route over the Platten pass.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent, from a Bar Azure a semi-fleur-de-lis issuant of the same.

Pfeffingen has a population (as of March 2016^[update]) of 2,392. As of 2008^[update], 8.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 10.7%.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (1,921 or 94.8%), with English being second most common (36 or 1.8%) and French being third (22 or 1.1%). There are 2 people who speak Romansh.

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