Böckten

Also known as Böckten BL, Bockten, Boeckten

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

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name: Böckten
Swiss town.image_photo: Bischofstein-Uebersicht.jpg
Swiss town.municipality_type: municipality
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: Coat of arms of Boeckten.svg
Swiss town.canton: Basel-Landschaft
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-BL
Swiss town.district: Sissach
Swiss town.postal_code: 4461
Swiss town.municipality_code: 2842
Swiss town.area: 2.28
Swiss town.elevation: 385
Swiss town.website: boeckten.ch
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities: Gelterkinden, Rickenbach, Sissach, Thürnen

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Böckten
Population: 820
Area: 2.28
Elevation: 473
Official website: www.boeckten.ch
Image: ETH-BIB-Böckten bei Gelterkinden-Inlandflüge-LBS MH01-002874.tif
Dialing code: 061
Licence plate code: BL

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Commons category: Böckten
postal code: 4461
P8168: William Miller
external data available at URL: geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/2842

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

==Geography== thumb|left|Aerial view by Walter Mittelholzer (1922) Böckten has an area, , of . Of this area, or 43.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 41.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 14.5% is settled (buildings or roads), or 1.3% is either rivers or lakes.