Reigoldswil

Reigoldswil
Coat of arms
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Location of Reigoldswil
Coordinates: 47°24′N 7°41′E / 47.400°N 7.683°E / 47.400; 7.683Coordinates: 47°24′N 7°41′E / 47.400°N 7.683°E / 47.400; 7.683
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Basel-Landschaft
District	Waldenburg
Area
• Total	9.25 km2 (3.57 sq mi)
Elevation	509 m (1,670 ft)
Population (Mar 2016)
• Total	1,595
• Density	170/km2 (450/sq mi)
Postal code	4418
SFOS number	2893
Surrounded by	Arboldswil, Bretzwil, Lauwil, Liedertswil, Mümliswil-Ramiswil (SO), Seewen (SO), Titterten, Waldenburg, Ziefen
Twin towns	Bad Bellingen (Germany)
Website	www.reigoldswil.ch SFSO statistics

Reigoldswil is a municipality in the district of Waldenburg in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.

Reigoldswil is first mentioned in 1152 as Rigoltswilre.

Reigoldswil has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 9.25 square kilometers (3.57 sq mi). Of this area, 4.27 km² (1.65 sq mi) or 46.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 4.17 km² (1.61 sq mi) or 45.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.75 km² (0.29 sq mi) or 8.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.8%. Out of the forested land, 41.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 5.8% is used for growing crops and 32.9% is pastures, while 5.0% is used for orchards or vine crops and 2.5% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is in lakes.

The municipality is located in the Waldenburg district, in the far Frenken valley. The current village grew out of three separate medieval villages, in the 18th Century. It consists of the villages of Hofstetten-Chilchli, Mittelbiel and Unterbiel.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess, Or, an Eagle displaied Vair, langued beaked and membered Gules, and Azure, a Bend wavy Argent.

Reigoldswil has a population (as of March 2016^[update]) of 1,595. As of 2008^[update], 8.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 4%.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (1,419 or 93.4%), with Albanian being second most common (23 or 1.5%) and French being third (20 or 1.3%). There are 2 people who speak Romansh.