Laufen District

Laufen District or Laufental District is one of the five districts of the largely German-speaking canton of Basel-Country, . Its capital is the town of Laufen.
Wikipedia
  • Type: district in Switzerland with 20,500 residents
  • Description: district in Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Laufental” and “Лаўфен”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Laufen railway station and Dittingen airfield.

Railway station
Photo: Katrin Gilger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a railway station in the…

Aerodrome
Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an aerodrome.

Museum
Photo: Wm1bl, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Laufen and Zwingen.

Village
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is a municipality and the capital of the…

Village
is a municipality in the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Country in . is situated 3½ km northeast of Laufen District.

Village
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is a municipality in Laufen District in the Canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland.

Laufen District

Latitude
47.4232° or 47° 25′ 24″ north
Longitude
7.4875° or 7° 29′ 15″ east
Population
20,500
Elevation
419 metres (1,375 feet)
Open location code
8FV9CFFQ+72
Geo­Names ID
6458833
Wiki­data ID
Q113474
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Waray—“Laufen District” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Distritu de Laufen”
  • Basque: “Laufen barrutia”
  • Belarusian: “акруга Лаўфен”
  • Catalan: “districte de Laufen”
  • Catalan: “Districte de Laufen”
  • Cebuano: “Bezirk Laufen”
  • Chinese: “劳芬区”
  • Chuvash: “Лауфен”
  • Czech: “Okres Laufen”
  • Dutch: “District Laufen”
  • Dutch: “Laufen”
  • Esperanto: “Laufen”
  • French: “District de Laufen”
  • French: “district de Laufon”
  • French: “District de Laufon”
  • German: “Bezirk Laufen”
  • German: “Laufen”
  • German: “Schwarzbubenland”
  • Italian: “distretto di Laufen”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Laufen”
  • Lombard: “Laufen”
  • Luxembourgish: “Bezierk Laufen”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Laufen Koān”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Distriktet Laufen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Distriktet Laufen”
  • Norwegian: “Distriktet Laufen”
  • Persian: “بخش لوفون”
  • Polish: “Okręg Laufen”
  • Portuguese: “Distrito de Laufen”
  • Russian: “Лауфен”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Laufen”
  • Swedish: “Laufen”
  • Swiss German: “Bezirk Laufe”
  • Swiss German: “Bezirk Laufen”
  • Ukrainian: “Лауфен”
  • Venetian: “Distreto de Laufen”
  • Vietnamese: “Laufen”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Laufen”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Röschenz and Dittingen.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Der Laden - Ihr Biofachgeschäft and Kantonsspital Laufen.

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