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Therwil
Therwil (Swiss German: Därwyl) is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.
Therwil is located about 8 kilometres south of the city centre of Basel, to which it is connected by a contiguously built-up area, covered by the municipalities of Oberwil, BL, Bottmingen and Binningen.
Therwil has an area, as of 2009[update], of 7.63 square kilometers (2.95 sq mi). Of this area, 3.52 km2 (1.36 sq mi), or 46.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.88 km2 (0.73 sq mi) or 24.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.22 km2 (0.86 sq mi) or 29.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes and 0.03 km2 (7.4 acres) or 0.4% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.4% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 18.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.8%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 2.5%. Out of the forested land, 22.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 34.1% is used for growing crops and 7.1% is pastures, while 5.0% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, a Quarter sinistre Sable.
Therwil has a population (as of June 2021[update]) of 10,042. As of 2008[update], 13.8% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over 10 years (1997–2007) the population changed at a rate of 20%.
Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (7,640 or 90.6%), with English being second most common (169 or 2.0%) and Italian language being third (164 or 1.9%). There are 123 people who speak French and 6 people who speak Romansh.
As of 2008[update], the gender distribution of the population was 48.6% male and 51.4% female. The population was made up of 8,203 Swiss citizens (85.6% of the population), and 1,381 non-Swiss residents (14.4%) Of the population in the municipality 1,754 or about 20.8% were born in Therwil and lived there in 2000. There were 1,517 or 18.0% who were born in the same canton, while 3,468 or 41.1% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 1,421 or 16.8% were born outside of Switzerland.
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Therwil
Therwil (Swiss German: Därwyl) is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.
Therwil is located about 8 kilometres south of the city centre of Basel, to which it is connected by a contiguously built-up area, covered by the municipalities of Oberwil, BL, Bottmingen and Binningen.
Therwil has an area, as of 2009[update], of 7.63 square kilometers (2.95 sq mi). Of this area, 3.52 km2 (1.36 sq mi), or 46.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.88 km2 (0.73 sq mi) or 24.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.22 km2 (0.86 sq mi) or 29.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes and 0.03 km2 (7.4 acres) or 0.4% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.4% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 18.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.8%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 2.5%. Out of the forested land, 22.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 34.1% is used for growing crops and 7.1% is pastures, while 5.0% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, a Quarter sinistre Sable.
Therwil has a population (as of June 2021[update]) of 10,042. As of 2008[update], 13.8% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over 10 years (1997–2007) the population changed at a rate of 20%.
Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (7,640 or 90.6%), with English being second most common (169 or 2.0%) and Italian language being third (164 or 1.9%). There are 123 people who speak French and 6 people who speak Romansh.
As of 2008[update], the gender distribution of the population was 48.6% male and 51.4% female. The population was made up of 8,203 Swiss citizens (85.6% of the population), and 1,381 non-Swiss residents (14.4%) Of the population in the municipality 1,754 or about 20.8% were born in Therwil and lived there in 2000. There were 1,517 or 18.0% who were born in the same canton, while 3,468 or 41.1% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 1,421 or 16.8% were born outside of Switzerland.
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