Augst

Also known as Augst BL

Augst (Swiss German: Augscht) is a municipality in the district of Liestal in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. It was known as Augusta Raurica in Roman times.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name: Augst
Swiss town.image_photo: Augst.jpg
Swiss town.municipality_type: municipality
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: Wappen Augst.png
Swiss town.canton: Basel-Landschaft
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-BL
Swiss town.district: Liestal
Swiss town.postal_code: 4302
Swiss town.municipality_code: 2822
Swiss town.area: 1.64
Swiss town.elevation: 275
Swiss town.website: augst.ch
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities: Füllinsdorf, Giebenach, Grenzach-Wyhlen (DE-BW), Kaiseraugst (AG), Pratteln

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Wikidata facts

Population: 1024
Area: 1.65
Elevation: 266
Official website: kanton.baselland.ch/gemeinden/augst
Image: Augst.jpg
Dialing code: 061
Licence plate code: BL

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Commons category: Augst
postal code: 4302
P8168: list of state leaders in 817
external data available at URL: geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/2822

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History
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Coat of arms
Demographics
Heritage sites of national significance
Politics
Economy
Religion
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Augst (Swiss German: Augscht) is a municipality in the district of Liestal in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. It was known as Augusta Raurica in Roman times.

==History== Augst is first mentioned in 615 as Augustodunensem praesulem. In 752 it was mentioned as Augusta and in 1288 as Augst.