Laupersdorf

History

Laupersdorf is first mentioned in 968 as Luiperestorf which comes from an 11th Century copy of the earlier document. In 1179 it was mentioned as de Loppestorf.

Geography

Laupersdorf has an area, , of . Of this area, or 47.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 46.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 5.8% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.1% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.1%. Out of the forested land, 44.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 18.6% is used for growing crops and 20.3% is pastures, while 1.3% is used for orchards or vine crops and 7.3% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. The municipality is located in the Thal district, in the Dünnern valley. It consists of the linear village of Laupersdorf, the hamlet of Höngen and the Änerholz area with several scattered houses. It is at an altitude of above sea level and lies in the west of Balsthal (capital of the district of Thal). Laupersdorf is built on the southside at the foot of the Brunnersberg mountain chain in the Jura Mountains.

Most-observed species

• European roe deer

  Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  15,967
• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  9,096
• red fox

  Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  8,621
• Marbled White

  Melanargia galathea Linnaeus, 1758 · Insecta
  4,330
• Yellow-legged hornet

  Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836 · Insecta
  3,691
• European badger

  Meles meles (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  3,281
• Common Blue

  Polyommatus icarus (von Rottemburg, 1775) · Insecta
  3,180
• wild boar

  Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 · Mammalia
  2,691

Most recent

• M 4.1 — 2025-07-21
  4 km E of Frutigen, Switzerland
• M 3.5 — 2024-06-27
  1 km SSW of Todtmoos, Germany
• M 4.2 — 2024-06-04
  2 km NNW of Unteriberg, Switzerland
• M 4.4 — 2023-03-22
  1 km NW of Pont-de-Roide, France
• M 3.9 — 2022-09-10
  1 km WSW of Zimmersheim, France
• M 4.1 — 2021-12-24
  2 km WSW of Blamont, France