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Gelterkinden
Basel-Landschaftvillage
Gelterkinden
Total population
5,754
Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Gelterkinden is a municipality in the district of Sissach in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.
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History
Gelterkinden is first mentioned between 1101–03 as Gelterkingen.
Geography
Gelterkinden has an area, , of . Of this area, or 34.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 47.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 18.2% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.2% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 10.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.2%. Out of the forested land, 45.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 12.7% is used for growing crops and 17.8% is pastures, while 3.8% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. The municipality is located in the Sissach district. The main village is located in the upper Ergolz valley at the confluence of the Ergolz and Eibach. It consists of the village of Gelterkinden and more than 20 other settlements including Sommerau, which has its own train station.
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Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Earthquake history
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Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Basel-Landschaft
- Böckten0.7 mi away · pop. 669
- Ormalingen1.1 mi away · pop. 1,881
- Thürnen1.3 mi away · pop. 1,453
- Rickenbach BL1.4 mi away · pop. 521
- Diepflingen1.4 mi away · pop. 685
- Tecknau1.7 mi away · pop. 860
- Hemmiken2.4 mi away · pop. 290
- Rünenberg2.5 mi away · pop. 705
- Wintersingen2.6 mi away · pop. 608
- Rümlingen2.7 mi away · pop. 387
- Wittinsburg2.8 mi away · pop. 448
- Tenniken2.8 mi away · pop. 900
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Public attention
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Recently spotted species
Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
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Official Identifiers
BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office
- BFS-Nr
- 2846
- Population (Wikidata)
- 6,200
- Wikidata
- Q65936
Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Elevation
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
- • BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771