Arisdorf

Arisdorf is a municipality in the district of Liestal in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. Arisdorf is first mentioned in 1154 as Arnolstorf. Arisdorf has an area, , of . Of this area, or 56.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 34.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 9.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.1% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.3%. Out of the forested land, 32.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 22.7% is used for growing crops and 26.7% is pastures, while 6.9% is used for orchards or vine crops. The municipality is located in the Liestal district, in a valley in the Jura Mountains. It consists of the village of Arisdorf which is made up of the sections; Ober-, Mittel- and Unterdorf, as well as scattered individual houses. The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, a Bear rampant Sable langued and vilené Gules on Coupeaux of the last. Arisdorf has a population () of . , 6.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 14.6%. Most of the population () speaks German (1,264 or 92.9%), with English being second most common (27 or 2.0%) and French being third (15 or 1.1%). the gender distribution of the population was 48.4% male and 51.6% female. The population was made up of 1,451 Swiss citizens (91.9% of the population), and 128 non-Swiss residents (8.1%) Of the population in the municipality 396 or about 29.1% were born in Arisdorf and lived there in 2000. There were 332 or 24.4% who were born in the same canton, while 407 or 29.9% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 175 or 12.9% were born outside of Switzerland. In there were 7 live births to Swiss citizens and were 4 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 3 while the foreign population remained the same.