Wahlen

Wahlen is a municipality in the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Country in .
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  • Type: Village with 1,470 residents
  • Description: municipality in the canton Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “CH2792”, “Wahlen b. Laufen”, and “Wahlen BL”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Laufen railway station and Neu-Thierstein Castle.

Railway station
Photo: Katrin Gilger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a railway station in the municipality of , in the canton of Basel-Landschaft. It is an intermediate stop on the Basel–Biel/Bienne line and is served by local and long-distance trains.

Castle
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is a castle ruin in the municipality of in the , . Also referred to as Schloss Thierstein, it is a symbolic landmark of the Lüsseltals and the Schwarzbubenland area.

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Laufen and Breitenbach.

Village
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is a municipality and the capital of the district of in the canton of Basel-Country in . is a principal train station for the surrounding area, connecting it to .

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Thierstein in the canton of Solothurn in . There are two train stations near , the main being in Laufen and the other in Zwingen.

Village
Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a municipality in the district of Thierstein in the canton of Solothurn in .

Wahlen

Latitude
47.4021° or 47° 24′ 7″ north
Longitude
7.5149° or 7° 30′ 54″ east
Population
1,470
Elevation
417 metres (1,368 feet)
Open location code
8FV9CG27+RW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3534629130
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
7287515
Wiki­data ID
Q67947
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Wahlen” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Wahlen”
  • Basque: “Wahlen”
  • Breton: “Wahlen”
  • Catalan: “Wahlen”
  • Cebuano: “Wahlen (munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Wahlen”
  • Chinese: “Wahlen”
  • Chinese: “瓦伦”
  • Chinese: “瓦倫”
  • Chuvash: “Вален”
  • Czech: “Wahlen”
  • Dutch: “Wahlen”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “واهلن”
  • Esperanto: “Wahlen BL”
  • French: “Wahlen BL”
  • French: “Wahlen”
  • German: “Wahlen BL”
  • German: “Wahlen”
  • Hungarian: “Wahlen”
  • Irish: “Wahlen”
  • Italian: “Wahlen bei Laufen”
  • Italian: “Wahlen”
  • Kazakh: “Вален”
  • Lombard: “Wahlen bei Laufen”
  • Lombard: “Wahlen”
  • Malay: “Wahlen”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Wahlen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wahlen”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Wahlen”
  • Polish: “Wahlen”
  • Portuguese: “Wahlen”
  • Russian: “Вален”
  • Spanish: “Wahlen bei Laufen”
  • Swedish: “Wahlen”
  • Swiss German: “Wahle”
  • Swiss German: “Wahlen BL”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Wahlen BL”
  • Turkish: “Wahlen”
  • Ukrainian: “Вален”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Wahlen”
  • Uzbek: “Valen”
  • Uzbek: “Wahlen”
  • Venetian: “Wahlen”
  • Volapük: “Wahlen”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Wahlen”
  • Welsh: “Wahlen”

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