Oberwil

Geschichte

Oberwil is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.HistoryOberwil is first mentioned around 1102-03 as Oberuuilre.GeographyOberwil has an area, of 7.88km2. Of this area, 3.47km2 or 44.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.54km2 or 19.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.82km2 or 35.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.03km2 or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes and 0.02km2 or 0.3% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.6% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 21.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 7.4%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.8% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 3.3%. Out of the forested land, 17.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 33.0% is used for growing crops and 8.0% is pastures, while 3.0% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.The municipality is located in the Arlesheim district, in the middle Leimen valley.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, a Pallet wavy Argent, in dexter a Sword and in sinister a Key of the same.DemographicsOberwil has a population of., 18.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 11.6%.