Oberwil BL

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Oberwil BL

Total population

11,105

Elevation317 m

Coordinates47.51°, 7.55°

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

Overview

Oberwil is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

C

Curt Wittlin

Swiss philologist (1941–2019)

Benjamin Huggel

Swiss footballer

A

Abraham Ris

Swiss rabbi (1763–1834)

E

Erni Maissen

Swiss footballer

G

Gaetano Giallanza

Swiss footballer

Beat Kappeler

Swiss saxophonist, music educator

J

Johann Baptist von Eptingen

(1714-1783)

D

Daniel N. Tobler

Swiss bassist (1939-2011)

F

Friedrich Walser

Swiss architect (1841-1922)

Fritz Hug

Swiss painter (1921-1989)

F

Fritz Oser

Swiss psychologist and educationist (1937–2020)

I

Isla Eckinger

Swiss bassist (1939-2021)

O

Otto Erzer

Swiss entrepreneur (1860-1941)

R

Raphael Ris

Swiss rabbi

Franz Joseph Sigismund von Roggenbach

Prince-bishop of Basel (1726-1794)

W

Werner X. Uehlinger

Swiss record producer, music executive

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

Nearby places in Basel-Landschaft

• Biel-Benken BL
  1.6 mi away · pop. 3,255
• Binningen
  1.8 mi away · pop. 14,905
• Ettingen
  2.3 mi away · pop. 4,978
• Birsfelden
  4.6 mi away · pop. 10,277
• Nenzlingen
  4.6 mi away · pop. 417
• Blauen
  4.7 mi away · pop. 660
• Duggingen
  4.9 mi away · pop. 1,162
• Grellingen
  5.3 mi away · pop. 1,786
• Dittingen
  5.8 mi away · pop. 771
• Burg im Leimental
  6.5 mi away · pop. 252
• Brislach
  6.6 mi away · pop. 1,392
• Frenkendorf
  7.6 mi away · pop. 6,394

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.

Recently spotted species

European Toad

Bufo bufo

Seen 2026-09-24

Mediterranean Spiny False Wolf Spider

Zoropsis spinimana

Seen 2026-09-24

Tettigometra virescens

Tettigometra virescens

Seen 2026-09-24

Yellow-legged Hornet

Vespa velutina

Seen 2026-09-24

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Streptopelia decaocto

Seen 2026-09-24

common selfheal

Prunella vulgaris

Seen 2026-09-24

European black elderberry

Sambucus nigra

Seen 2026-09-24

Grey Heron

Ardea cinerea

Seen 2026-09-24

white willow

Salix alba

Seen 2026-09-24

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).