Grellingen

Geschichte

Grellingen is a municipality in the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.HistoryGrellingen is first mentioned in 1274 as Grellingen.GeographyGrellingen has an area, of 3.31km2. Of this area, 0.69km2 or 20.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.89km2 or 57.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.64km2 or 19.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.11km2 or 3.3% is either rivers or lakes.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 12.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.6%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.5% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.2%. Out of the forested land, 54.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 5.4% is used for growing crops and 11.5% is pastures, while 3.9% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.The municipality is located in the Laufen district. It consists of the linear village of Grellingen in the Birs river valley.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale, Argent a Crozier Gules, Azure a Bar fleury Argent.DemographicsGrellingen has a population of., 26.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 5.5%.