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Vinony's link graph records 39 inbound references to Laufen District, and connects out to Canton of Basel-Landschaft, Laufen and France.
The entry is geolocated on the map in CH.
It is catalogued under topics including Districts of Basel-Landschaft, Former exclaves and Geography articles needing translation from German Wikipedia.
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Key facts
- Country
- Switzerland
- Canton
- Basel-Landschaft
- Capital
- Laufen
- Total
- 89.55 km (34.58 sq mi)
- Density
- 229.2/km (593.6/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Bezirk Laufen
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Canton of Berne
- Contains
- Laufen
- Capital
- Laufen
- Area
- 89.55
- Elevation
- 419
- Licence plate code
- BL
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- Commons category
- Laufen (district)
- topic's main category
- Category:Laufen (district)
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Encyclopedic overview
Laufen District or Laufental District (French: District de Laufon) is one of the five districts of the largely German-speaking canton of Basel-Country, Switzerland. Its capital is the town of Laufen.
Prior to 1994, it was a district of the canton of Bern, one of the seven historical districts of the Bernese Jura. In 1979, three neighbouring French-speaking districts of Bern seceded to form the new canton of Jura. Laufen was left as an exclave of Bern, wedged between Jura, Solothurn, Basel-Country, and France. In 1989, the populace voted to secede from Bern and join Basel-Country. After a transitional period of preparation, this was effected in 1994.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Laufen District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.