Switzerland
Basel-Landschaft
Laufen District

Zwingen

Zwingen is a municipality in the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Country in .
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  • Type: Village with 2,020 residents
  • Description: municipality in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland
  • Also known as: “CH2793” and “Zwingen BL”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Zwingen railway station and Laufen railway station.

Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
is a railway station in the municipality of Zwingen, in the canton of Basel-Landschaft. It is an intermediate stop on the Basel–Biel/Bienne line and is served by local trains only.

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
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Laufen and Breitenbach.

Village
Photo: Gestumblindi, Public domain.
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. is situated 3½ km south of Zwingen.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a municipality in the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Country in .

Zwingen

Latitude
47.4378° or 47° 26′ 16″ north
Longitude
7.5281° or 7° 31′ 41″ east
Population
2,020
Elevation
338 metres (1,109 feet)
Open location code
8FV9CGQH+46
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240101620
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
7287656
Wiki­data ID
Q66702
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Zwingen” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Zwingen”
  • Arabic: “زوينجن”
  • Basque: “Zwingen”
  • Breton: “Zwingen”
  • Catalan: “Zwingen”
  • Cebuano: “Zwingen (munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Zwingen”
  • Chinese: “Zwingen”
  • Chinese: “茨温根”
  • Chinese: “茨溫根”
  • Chuvash: “Цвинген”
  • Czech: “Zwingen”
  • Dutch: “Zwingen”
  • Esperanto: “Zwingen”
  • French: “Zwingen”
  • German: “Zwingen BL”
  • German: “Zwingen”
  • Hungarian: “Zwingen”
  • Irish: “Zwingen”
  • Italian: “Zwingen”
  • Kazakh: “Цвинген”
  • Lombard: “Zwingen”
  • Malay: “Zwingen”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Zwingen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Zwingen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Zwingen”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Zwingen”
  • Polish: “Zwingen”
  • Portuguese: “Zwingen”
  • Russian: “Цвинген”
  • Spanish: “Zwingen”
  • Swedish: “Zwingen”
  • Swiss German: “Zwinge”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Zwingen”
  • Turkish: “Zwingen”
  • Ukrainian: “Цвінген”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Zwingen”
  • Uzbek: “Svingen”
  • Uzbek: “Zwingen”
  • Uzbek: “Цвинген”
  • Venetian: “Zwingen”
  • Volapük: “Zwingen”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Zwingen”
  • Welsh: “Zwingen”

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