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Also known as Laufen BL, Laufen, Switzerland

municipality in the canton Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland

Key facts

Country
Switzerland
Canton
Basel-Landschaft
District
Laufen
Total
11.37 km (4.39 sq mi)
Elevation
354 m (1,161 ft)
Density
454.9/km (1,178/sq mi)
Time zone
UTC+01:00 ( CET )
Summer dst
UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
Iso 3166 code
CH-BL
Surrounded by
Bärschwil (SO), Brislach , Dittingen , Grindel (SO), Liesberg , Röschenz , Wahlen bei Laufen , Zwingen
Twin towns
Laufen (Germany)
Website
laufen-bl.ch

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Official name
Laufen
Located in
Laufen District
Official language
German
Population
5618
Area
11.4
Elevation
351
Body of water
Birs
Capital of
Laufen District
Shares border with
Liesberg
Official website
www.laufen-bl.ch
Image
Birs laufen.jpg
Dialing code
061
Licence plate code
BL
Patron saint
Martin of Tours
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Commons category
Laufen, Switzerland
twinned administrative body
Laufen
postal code
4242
different from
Laufen-Uhwiesen
external data available at URL
geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/2787
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Encyclopedic overview

Laufen ( German pronunciation: [ˈlaʊfn̩] ; French: Laufon [loːfɔ̃]; High Alemannic: Laufe) is a municipality and the capital of the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.

Laufen is a principal train station for the surrounding area, connecting it to Basel.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Laufen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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