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Zwingen
Basel-Landschaftvillage
Total population
2,017
Air quality index
Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Zwingen, a village in Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland, forms part of the country's settled landscape. Census-style estimates put the resident count near 2,017. Its coordinates of 47.438°, 7.528° place it in the temperate zone of the northern hemisphere. The latitude suggests four distinct seasons with warm summers and cold winters. The location receives about 1,254 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year and sunshine for roughly 49% of daylight hours. Further detail — demographics, climate, nearby amenities and natural-hazard data — is compiled below from public open-data sources.
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History & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- European roe deerCapreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia10,489
- Great TitParus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves9,685
- Yellow-legged hornetVespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836 · Insecta9,401
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta9,357
- House SparrowPasser domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves9,313
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves9,051
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves9,001
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves7,491
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4.1 — 2025-07-214 km E of Frutigen, Switzerland
- M 3.5 — 2024-06-271 km SSW of Todtmoos, Germany
- M 4.4 — 2023-03-221 km NW of Pont-de-Roide, France
- M 3.9 — 2022-09-101 km WSW of Zimmersheim, France
- M 4.1 — 2021-12-242 km WSW of Blamont, France
- M 3.1 — 2018-05-042 km W of Schliengen, Germany
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Basel-Landschaft
- Blauen0.9 mi away · pop. 660
- Dittingen1.4 mi away · pop. 771
- Brislach1.5 mi away · pop. 1,392
- Nenzlingen1.7 mi away · pop. 417
- Grellingen2.8 mi away · pop. 1,786
- Ettingen3.1 mi away · pop. 4,978
- Duggingen3.8 mi away · pop. 1,162
- Burg im Leimental4.3 mi away · pop. 252
- Biel-Benken BL4.8 mi away · pop. 3,255
- Liesberg5.1 mi away · pop. 1,167
- Binningen7.1 mi away · pop. 14,905
- Lauwil7.7 mi away · pop. 329
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Books about Zwingen
Search results from Open Library.
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
Gallery
Official Identifiers
BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office
- BFS-Nr
- 2793
- Population (Wikidata)
- 2,399
- Wikidata
- Q66702
Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771
Sources
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Elevation
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Open Library
- • BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771