Augst
Sign in to saveAugst (Swiss German: Augscht) is a municipality in the district of Liestal in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. It was known as Augusta Raurica in Roman times.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Augst
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Augst.jpg
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- Wappen Augst.png
- Swiss town.canton
- Basel-Landschaft
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-BL
- Swiss town.district
- Liestal
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 4302
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 2822
- Swiss town.area
- 1.64
- Swiss town.elevation
- 275
- Swiss town.website
- augst.ch
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Füllinsdorf, Giebenach, Grenzach-Wyhlen (DE-BW), Kaiseraugst (AG), Pratteln
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Augst (Swiss German: Augscht) is a municipality in the district of Liestal in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. It was known as Augusta Raurica in Roman times.
==History== Augst is first mentioned in 615 as Augustodunensem praesulem. In 752 it was mentioned as Augusta and in 1288 as Augst.