Frenkendorf

Frenkendorf is a municipality in the district of Liestal in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. Frenkendorf is first mentioned in 1249 as Frenchendorf. Frenkendorf has an area, , of . Of this area, or 27.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 42.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 30.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.2% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 4.3% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 18.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 6.1%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.1%. Out of the forested land, 40.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 10.2% is used for growing crops and 13.9% is pastures, while 3.5% is used for orchards or vine crops. The municipality is located in the Liestal district. The old village center is located on a terrace above the Ergolz valley. After 1854, the settlement of Neu-Frenkendorf grew up in the valley along the Basel-Olten railway line. The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, Moon Argent. Frenkendorf has a population () of . , 28.5% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 6.2%. Most of the population () speaks German (4,817 or 84.5%), with Italian language being second most common (308 or 5.4%) and Turkish being third (108 or 1.9%). There are 40 people who speak French and 2 people who speak Romansh. the gender distribution of the population was 49.5% male and 50.5% female. The population was made up of 4,360 Swiss citizens (71.5% of the population), and 1,734 non-Swiss residents (28.5%) Of the population in the municipality 1,300 or about 22.8% were born in Frenkendorf and lived there in 2000. There were 1,336 or 23.4% who were born in the same canton, while 1,509 or 26.5% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 1,367 or 24.0% were born outside of Switzerland.