Pfeffingen

Geschichte

Pfeffingen is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.HistoryPfeffingen is first mentioned in 1156 as Fefingen.GeographyPfeffingen has an area, of 4.9km2. Of this area, 1.57km2 or 32.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.58km2 or 52.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.7km2 or 14.3% is settled (buildings or roads).Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 10.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.5%. Out of the forested land, 50.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 3.5% is used for growing crops and 26.3% is pastures, while 2.2% is used for orchards or vine crops.The municipality is located in the Arlesheim district, on a terrace that runs along the eastern edge of the Blauenkette on the route over the Platten pass.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent, from a Bar Azure a semi-fleur-de-lis issuant of the same.DemographicsPfeffingen has a population of., 8.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 10.7%.Most of the population speaks German (1,921 or 94.8%), with English being second most common (36 or 1.8%) and French being third (22 or 1.1%). There are 2 people who speak Romansh.