Wahlen

Also known as Wahlen BL

Wahlen is a municipality in the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name: Wahlen
Swiss town.image_photo: Picswiss BL-64-06.jpg
Swiss town.municipality_type: municipality
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: Wappen Wahlen.png
Swiss town.canton: Basel-Landschaft
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-BL
Swiss town.district: Laufen
Swiss town.postal_code: 4246
Swiss town.municipality_code: 2792
Swiss town.area: 5.42
Swiss town.elevation: 403
Swiss town.website: wahlen.ch
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities: Breitenbach (SO), Brislach, Büsserach (SO), Grindel (SO), Laufen

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Wahlen
Population: 1462
Area: 5.41
Elevation: 417
Official website: www.wahlen.ch
Image: Picswiss BL-64-06.jpg
Dialing code: 061
Licence plate code: BL

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Commons category: Wahlen
postal code: 4246
external data available at URL: geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/2792

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Wahlen is a municipality in the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.

==Geography== thumb|left|Wahlen village thumb|Aerial view (1953) Wahlen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 55.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 33.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 11.3% is settled (buildings or roads).