Hemmiken

Coat of arms

Hemmiken

Location of Hemmiken

Coordinates: 47°29′N 7°54′E / 47.483°N 7.900°ECoordinates: 47°29′N 7°54′E / 47.483°N 7.900°E

Country

Area

• Total

3.39 km² (1.31 sq mi)

Elevation

497 m (1,631 ft)

Population (Mar 2016)

• Total

274

• Density

81/km² (210/sq mi)

Postal code

4465

SFOS number

2848

Surrounded by

Buus, Hellikon (AG), Ormalingen, Rothenfluh, Wegenstetten (AG)

Website

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SFSO statistics

Hemmiken is a municipality in the district of Sissach in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.

Hemmiken is first mentioned in 1255 as Enninchon.

Hemmiken has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 3.39 square kilometers (1.31 sq mi). Of this area, 2.38 km² (0.92 sq mi) or 70.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.86 km² (0.33 sq mi) or 25.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.19 km² (0.073 sq mi) or 5.6% is settled (buildings or roads).

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.4%. Out of the forested land, 22.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 19.8% is used for growing crops and 43.4% is pastures, while 7.1% is used for orchards or vine crops.

The municipality is located in the Sissach district, on the right side of a smaller valley off the Ergolz valley. It consists of the linear village of Hemmiken.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, three crossed stone-cutters tools Azure.

Hemmiken has a population (as of March 2016^[update]) of 274. As of 2008^[update], 2.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of -1.8%.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (279 or 96.2%), with Albanian being second most common (5 or 1.7%) and English being third (3 or 1.0%).

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