Zeglingen

Coat of arms

Zeglingen

Location of Zeglingen

Coordinates: 47°25′N 7°54′E / 47.417°N 7.900°ECoordinates: 47°25′N 7°54′E / 47.417°N 7.900°E

Country

Area

• Total

7.91 km² (3.05 sq mi)

Elevation

535 m (1,755 ft)

Population (Mar 2016)

• Total

487

• Density

62/km² (160/sq mi)

Postal code

4495

SFOS number

2868

Surrounded by

Häfelfingen, Kilchberg, Lostorf (SO), Oltingen, Rohr (SO), Rünenberg, Wenslingen, Wisen (SO)

Website

http://www.zeglingen.ch
SFSO statistics

Zeglingen is a municipality in the district of Sissach in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.

Zeglingen has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 7.91 square kilometers (3.05 sq mi). Of this area, 3.84 km² (1.48 sq mi) or 48.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 3.6 km² (1.4 sq mi) or 45.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.49 km² (0.19 sq mi) or 6.2% is settled (buildings or roads).

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.9%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.6% of the area Out of the forested land, 43.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 17.1% is used for growing crops and 27.8% is pastures, while 3.7% is used for orchards or vine crops.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, a Pall Argent.

Zeglingen has a population (as of March 2016^[update]) of 487. As of 2008^[update], 3.0% 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 (424 or 95.1%), with Albanian being second most common (9 or 2.0%) and Italian language being third (5 or 1.1%). There is 1 person who speaks French.

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