Röschenz

Geschichte

Röschenz is a municipality in the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.HistoryRöschenz is first mentioned in 1290 as de Roetschentzo. Until 1723 it was known as Reuschansse.GeographyRöschenz has an area, of 10.07km2. Of this area, 3.26km2 or 32.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 6.04km2 or 60.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.72km2 or 7.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02km2 or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes and 0.02km2 or 0.2% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.0%. Out of the forested land, 58.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 18.7% is used for growing crops and 12.8% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.The municipality is located in the Laufen district, in the Lützel valley on a terrasse in the Blauen hills. It consists of the linear village of Röschenz.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale, Sable a Crozier Argent, Argent between two Roses Gules, centered Or and lapped Vert a Bar wavy Azure.DemographicsRöschenz has a population of., 7.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 15.6%.Most of the population speaks German (1,526 or 94.9%), with French being second most common (17 or 1.1%) and Italian language being third (14 or 0.9%).