Langenbruck

Geschichte

Langenbruck is a municipality in the district of Waldenburg in the canton of Basel-Land in Switzerland.HistoryLangenbruck is first mentioned in 1145 as Langebruccho.GeographyLangenbruck has an area, of 15.69km2. Of this area, 8.01km2 or 51.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 6.93km2 or 44.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.74km2 or 4.7% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.04km2 or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.1%. Out of the forested land, 41.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.9% is used for growing crops and 32.4% is pastures and 17.1% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.The municipality is located in the Waldenburg district, on the south side of the Oberen Hauenstein. It consists of the linear village of Langenbruck, the hamlet of Bärenwil and numerous individual farm houses.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, over a base Sable, on a Bridge Or a Paschal Lamb passant holding a banner Argent, a cross Gules.DemographicsLangenbruck has a population of., 14.8% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 1.6%.