Ziefen

Ziefen
Coat of arms
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Location of Ziefen
Coordinates: 47°26′N 7°42′E / 47.433°N 7.700°E / 47.433; 7.700Coordinates: 47°26′N 7°42′E / 47.433°N 7.700°E / 47.433; 7.700
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Basel-Landschaft
District	Liestal
Area
• Total	7.8 km2 (3.0 sq mi)
Elevation	423 m (1,388 ft)
Population (Mar 2016)
• Total	1,554
• Density	200/km2 (520/sq mi)
Postal code	4417
SFOS number	2834
Surrounded by	Arboldswil, Bubendorf, Büren (SO), Lupsingen, Reigoldswil, Seewen (SO)
Website	www.ziefen.ch SFSO statistics

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

Ziefen has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 7.8 square kilometers (3.0 sq mi). Of this area, 3.31 km² (1.28 sq mi) or 42.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 3.81 km² (1.47 sq mi) or 48.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.66 km² (0.25 sq mi) or 8.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.03 km² (7.4 acres) or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 5.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.4%. Out of the forested land, 47.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 11.5% is used for growing crops and 26.9% is pastures, while 4.0% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent, an Eagle displayed Sable fesswise, langued, beaked and membered Or.

Ziefen has a population (as of March 2016^[update]) of 1,554. As of 2008^[update], 7.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 12.8%.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (1,269 or 94.1%), with Albanian being second most common (23 or 1.7%) and French being third (15 or 1.1%).