Laufen (district)
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Laufen or Laufental (French: Laufon) is one of the five districts of the largely German-speaking canton of Basel-Country, Switzerland. Its capital is the town of Laufen. Prior to 1994 it was a district of the canton of Bern. In 1979, the neighbouring French-speaking districts of Bern seceded to form the new canton of Jura. Laufen was left as an exclave of Bern, wedged between Jura, Solothurn, Basel-Country, and France. In 1980 the populace voted to secede from Bern and join Basel-Country. After a transitional period of preparation, this was effected in 1994.
[edit] Municipalities
Laufen contains a total of thirteen municipalities:
| Municipality | Population (Dec. 2005) |
Area, km² |
|---|---|---|
| Blauen | 680 | 7.13 |
| Brislach | 1483 | 9.39 |
| Burg im Leimental | 248 | 2.83 |
| Dittingen | 694 | 6.75 |
| Duggingen | 1,270 | 5.86 |
| Grellingen | 1,719 | 3.31 |
| Laufen | 5,224 | 11.37 |
| Liesberg | 1,173 | 12.49 |
| Nenzlingen | 405 | 3.66 |
| Roggenburg | 262 | 6.65 |
| Röschenz | 1,731 | 10.07 |
| Wahlen | 1,323 | 5.42 |
| Zwingen | 2,064 | 4.62 |
| Total | 18,276 | 89.55 |
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