Lausen

Geschichte

Lausen is a municipality in the district of Liestal in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.HistoryLausen is first mentioned in 1275 as in villa et banno Langenso. In 1305 it became the property of the Bishop of Basel, passing in 1400 to the city of Basel.GeographyLausen has an area, of 5.56km2. Of this area, 1.31km2 or 23.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.81km2 or 50.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.39km2 or 25.0% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.03km2 or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes and 0.02km2 or 0.4% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 3.8% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 12.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.4%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.3% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.6%. Out of the forested land, 48.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 9.5% is used for growing crops and 12.4% is pastures, while 1.6% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.The municipality is located in the Liestal district, in the mid-Ergolz valley, south-east of Liestal.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, two pick-axes Or in saltire, in Chief Sable three Bezants one and two.