Münchenstein

Geography

Münchenstein has an area, , of . Of this area, or 15.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 24.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 58.1% is settled (buildings or roads), or 2.1% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.1% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 8.6% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 23.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 12.4%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 12.5%. Out of the forested land, 23.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 8.6% is used for growing crops and 5.3% is pastures, while 1.7% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the water in the municipality, 0.6% is in lakes and 1.5% is in rivers and streams. The municipality is located in the Arlesheim district, at an elevation of above sea level. It is divided into three sub-districts, Münchenstein Dorf, Neumünchenstein and Neue Welt/Brüglingen. The river Birs flows through Münchenstein. The northern boundary of the Municipality borders on the canton Basel-City. Further bordering municipalities are Muttenz, Arlesheim and Reinach.

Most-observed species

• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  11,501
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  10,580
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  10,522
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  9,931
• Yellow-legged hornet

  Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836 · Insecta
  9,495
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  8,956
• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  8,809
• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  8,383

Most recent

• M 3.5 — 2024-06-27
  1 km SSW of Todtmoos, Germany
• 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
• M 3.1 — 2018-05-04
  2 km W of Schliengen, Germany
• M 4.2 — 2012-02-11
  2 km WNW of Unterägeri, Switzerland