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| Coordinates: 47°26′N 7°32′E / 47.433°N 7.533°ECoordinates: 47°26′N 7°32′E / 47.433°N 7.533°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Basel-Landschaft | |
| District | Laufen | |
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| • Total | 4.62 km2 (1.78 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 341 m (1,119 ft) | |
| Population (Mar 2016) | ||
| • Total | 2,262 | |
| • Density | 490/km2 (1,300/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 4222 | |
| SFOS number | 2793 | |
| Surrounded by | Blauen, Brislach, Dittingen, Laufen, Nenzlingen | |
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Zwingen is a municipality in the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.
Zwingen has an area, as of 2009[update], of 4.62 square kilometers (1.78 sq mi). Of this area, 1.54 km2 (0.59 sq mi) or 33.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.76 km2 (0.68 sq mi) or 38.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.18 km2 (0.46 sq mi) or 25.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.12 km2 (30 acres) or 2.6% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.2% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 4.8% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 6.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 8.9%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 3.0% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.9%. Out of the forested land, 34.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 19.9% is used for growing crops and 12.8% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Sable, two Battons fleury Argent in saltire.
Zwingen has a population (as of March 2016[update]) of 2,262. As of 2008[update], 15.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 9.3%.
Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (1,781 or 88.3%), with Italian language being second most common (43 or 2.1%) and Turkish being third (40 or 2.0%). There are 39 people who speak French and 1 person who speaks Romansh.
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