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Also known as Laufen BL, Laufen, Switzerland

municipality in the canton Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland

Key facts

Country
Switzerland
Canton
Basel-Landschaft
District
Laufen
Total
11.37 km (4.39 sq mi)
Elevation
354 m (1,161 ft)
Density
454.9/km (1,178/sq mi)
Time zone
UTC+01:00 ( CET )
Summer dst
UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
Iso 3166 code
CH-BL
Surrounded by
Bärschwil (SO), Brislach , Dittingen , Grindel (SO), Liesberg , Röschenz , Wahlen bei Laufen , Zwingen
Twin towns
Laufen (Germany)
Website
laufen-bl.ch

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Encyclopedic overview

Laufen ( German pronunciation: [ˈlaʊfn̩] ; French: Laufon [loːfɔ̃]; High Alemannic: Laufe) is a municipality and the capital of the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.

Laufen is a principal train station for the surrounding area, connecting it to Basel.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Laufen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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