Rünenberg

Geschichte

Rünenberg is a municipality in the district of Sissach in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.HistoryRünenberg is first mentioned in 1101 as Runachperh.GeographyRünenberg has an area, of 4.98km2. Of this area, 2.75km2 or 55.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.88km2 or 37.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.34km2 or 6.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01km2 or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.4%. Out of the forested land, 36.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 36.1% is used for growing crops and 14.1% is pastures, while 5.0% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.The municipality is located in the Sissach district, on a high plateau between the Homburger and Eital valleys. It consists of the linear village of Rünenberg.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, a Marguerite-flower Argent centered Or.DemographicsRünenberg has a population of., 5.0% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 7.5%.Most of the population speaks German (690 or 97.9%), with French being second most common (4 or 0.6%) and Italian language being third (3 or 0.4%). There is 1 person who speaks Romansh.