Bezirk Laufen
Basel-LandschaftBezirk Laufen is one of 5 districts of the canton of Basel-Landschaft and comprises 13 municipalities with 21'520 residents in all (BFS, 2025). A district is an administrative unit of the canton — a court and administrative area, not a postal delivery area: postal codes and localities follow delivery routes and can cross district borders.
Municipalities in Bezirk Laufen
BFS · 13Votes in Bezirk Laufen
district results as published by BFSPolitics
National Council election 2023 · sum of its municipalitiesTax rate in the district
ESTV 2026A district has no tax rate of its own. Rates range from 54 % % in Duggingen to 68 % % in Burg im Leimental (median 61 % %).
Tax burden (single, CHF 100,000): 15.7 % in Duggingen to 17 % in Burg im Leimental (ESTV 2'026)
Housing
BFSVacancy rate: published by BFS for the district (2025) · Dwellings: sum of its municipalities (2024)
Population change
BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalitiesEconomy
BFS · 2024 · sum of its municipalitiesAgriculture
BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalitiesClimate · Terrain
MeteoSchweiz · swisstopoClimate: area-weighted over its municipalities · Terrain: swissALTIRegio 40 m, zonal over the district polygon
Energy · Accessibility
BFE · ElCom · ARESolar potential: sum of its municipalities · Electricity: median of its municipalities (24.841–31.205 Rp./kWh, 2027). ElCom publishes a median per municipality; the district value is our median of those. · Accessibility: median of its municipalities
Where the municipalities of Bezirk Laufen rank
sum of its municipalitiesMap
swisstopo · OSM- Which municipalities belong to Bezirk Laufen?
- Bezirk Laufen comprises 13 municipalities: Laufen, Zwingen, Grellingen, Röschenz, Brislach, Wahlen, Duggingen, Liesberg, Dittingen, Blauen, Nenzlingen, Burg im Leimental, Roggenburg. Together they have 21'520 residents (BFS, 2025).
- Which canton is Bezirk Laufen in?
- Bezirk Laufen lies in the canton of Basel-Landschaft, which is divided into 5 districts.
- How many people live in Bezirk Laufen?
- Bezirk Laufen has 21'520 residents (BFS STATPOP, 2025) — the sum of its 13 municipalities; the largest is Laufen with 6'065.
- Does Bezirk Laufen have its own tax rate?
- No. Tax rates are set by municipalities. In Bezirk Laufen the municipal rate ranges from 54 % (Duggingen) to 68 % (Burg im Leimental).
- How did Bezirk Laufen vote in the latest federal vote?
- On 14.06.2026, Bezirk Laufen voted 54.2 % yes on “Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)” (Accepted) — the district figure BFS publishes.
Districts exist in 17 cantons; UR, OW, NW, GL, ZG, BS, AI, NE and GE have no such level.