Laufen or Laufental (French: Laufon) is one of the five districts of the largely German-speaking canton of Basel-Country, Switzerland. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people In contrast to centrally organised States in the federally constituted Switzerland each Canton iscompletely free to decide its own The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Basel-Country ( German:; Swiss German: Basel-Land / Baselbiet) is one of the 26 Cantons of Switzerland. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Its capital is the town of Laufen. Laufen (French Laufon) is a municipality and the capital of the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland Prior to 1994 it was a district of the canton of Bern. The Swiss Canton of Berne is Bilingual (Kanton Bern Canton de Berne and has a population of about 958000 In 1979, the neighbouring French-speaking districts of Bern seceded to form the new canton of Jura. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people The Republic and Canton of the Jura (République et Canton du Jura also known as the Canton of Jura or Canton Jura, is one of the Cantons of Switzerland Laufen was left as an exclave of Bern, wedged between Jura, Solothurn, Basel-Country, and France. Solothurn (German) is a canton of Switzerland. It is located in the northwest of Switzerland This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. In 1980 the populace voted to secede from Bern and join Basel-Country. After a transitional period of preparation, this was effected in 1994.
Laufen contains a total of thirteen municipalities:
| Municipality | Population (Dec. Municipalities (sometimes called communities or communes, after the French/Italian names are the smallest government division in Switzerland and are called 2005) |
Area, km² |
|---|---|---|
| Blauen | 680 | 7. Blauen is a municipality in the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. 13 |
| Brislach | 1483 | 9. Brislach is a municipality in the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. 39 |
| Burg im Leimental | 248 | 2. Burg im Leimental is a municipality in the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. 83 |
| Dittingen | 694 | 6. Dittingen is a municipality in the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. 75 |
| Duggingen | 1,270 | 5. Duggingen is a municipality in the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. 86 |
| Grellingen | 1,719 | 3. Grellingen is a municipality in the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. 31 |
| Laufen | 5,224 | 11. Laufen (French Laufon) is a municipality and the capital of the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland 37 |
| Liesberg | 1,173 | 12. Liesberg is a municipality in the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. 49 |
| Nenzlingen | 405 | 3. Nenzlingen is a municipality in the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. 66 |
| Roggenburg | 262 | 6. Roggenburg is a municipality in the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. 65 |
| Röschenz | 1,731 | 10. Röschenz is a municipality in the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. 07 |
| Wahlen | 1,323 | 5. Wahlen is a municipality in the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. 42 |
| Zwingen | 2,064 | 4. Zwingen is a municipality in the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. 62 |
| Total | 18,276 | 89. 55 |