Zunzgen

Zunzgen
Coat of arms
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Location of Zunzgen
Coordinates: 47°27′N 7°48′E / 47.450°N 7.800°E / 47.450; 7.800Coordinates: 47°27′N 7°48′E / 47.450°N 7.800°E / 47.450; 7.800
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Basel-Landschaft
District	Sissach
Area
• Total	6.88 km2 (2.66 sq mi)
Elevation	397 m (1,302 ft)
Population (Mar 2016)
• Total	2,504
• Density	360/km2 (940/sq mi)
Postal code	4455
SFOS number	2869
Surrounded by	Hölstein, Itingen, Ramlinsburg, Sissach, Tenniken, Thürnen
Website	www.zunzgen.ch SFSO statistics

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

Zunzgen has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 6.88 square kilometers (2.66 sq mi). Of this area, 2.62 km² (1.01 sq mi) or 38.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 3.43 km² (1.32 sq mi) or 49.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.83 km² (0.32 sq mi) or 12.1% 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 6.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.1%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 15.8% is used for growing crops and 13.4% is pastures, while 8.9% 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 Or, a Tower masoned embateled Sable issuant from a mount Gules.

Zunzgen has a population (as of March 2016^[update]) of 2,504. As of 2008^[update], 15.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 0.8%.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (2,194 or 90.2%), with Italian language being second most common (96 or 3.9%) and Albanian being third (29 or 1.2%). There are 15 people who speak French and 1 person who speaks Romansh.