Lausen

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Lausen

Total population

4,645

Elevation331 m

Coordinates47.47°, 7.76°

Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Lausen is a municipality in the district of Liestal in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

J

Jakob Degen

(1760–1848)

Christian Miesch

Swiss politician

Lorenz Saladin

Swiss mountain climber, journalist and photographer (1896-1936)

Walther Stampfli

member of the Swiss Federal Council (1884-1965)

M

Martin Disler

Swiss artist (1949-1996)

J

Johannes Jörin

Swiss politician (1787-1866)

E

Emanuel La Roche

Swiss architect (1863-1922)

F

Felix Heinimann

Swiss classical philologist (1915-2006)

J

Johann Jakob Matt

Swiss politician (1814-1882)

J

Johannes Recher

Swiss politician (1783-1860)

J

Johannes Suter

Swiss politician (1847-1912)

L

Leo Altermatt

Swiss librarian and regional historian (1896-1962)

M

Michael Herrmann

Swiss politician

Walter Degen

Swiss veterinarian and politician (1904-1981)

Gerard Blasius

Dutch anatomist

R

René Furler

Swiss ice hockey player

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Basel-Landschaft

• Hersberg
  1.7 mi away · pop. 330
• Seltisberg
  2.3 mi away · pop. 1,217
• Nusshof
  2.5 mi away · pop. 264
• Frenkendorf
  2.9 mi away · pop. 6,394
• Lampenberg
  3.2 mi away · pop. 572
• Wintersingen
  3.3 mi away · pop. 608
• Giebenach
  3.5 mi away · pop. 1,068
• Thürnen
  3.5 mi away · pop. 1,453
• Tenniken
  3.6 mi away · pop. 900
• Lupsingen
  3.6 mi away · pop. 1,509
• Böckten
  3.8 mi away · pop. 669
• Ziefen
  3.9 mi away · pop. 1,572

Browse all places in Basel-Landschaft →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Official Identifiers