Bubendorf

Bubendorf is a municipality in the district of Liestal in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.

[3] Bubendorf has an area, as of 2009[update], of 10.8 square kilometers (4.2 sq mi).

[4] The municipality is located in the Liestal district, at the entrance to the Reigoldswiler valley.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per bend dentilly Sable and Argent.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (3,925 or 92.1%), with Italian language being second most common (77 or 1.8%) and Albanian being third (61 or 1.4%).

[7] The age distribution, as of 2010[update], in Bubendorf is; 256 children or 5.8% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 807 teenagers or 18.3% are between 7 and 19.

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] Wildenstein Castle is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

[14] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 29.3% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 1,557 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 52.5%.

[8] There were 2,150 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.3% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 32, of which 28 were in agriculture and 4 were in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 283 or 40.1% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 47 or 6.7% were in the movement and storage of goods, 113 or 16.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 15 or 2.1% were in the information industry, 11 or 1.6% were the insurance or financial industry, 42 or 6.0% were technical professionals or scientists, 32 or 4.5% were in education and 93 or 13.2% were in health care.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 844 or 19.8% were Roman Catholic, while 2,480 or 58.2% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

[17] Bubendorf is served by the Waldenburg narrow gauge railway, which operates a quarter-hourly train service to Liestal.

[18] Bubendorf is also served by a half-hourly bus service on the line Liestal – Reigoldswil.

Bubendorf village and surroundings
Aerial view (1967)
Bad Budendorf, a historic hotel and station on the Waldenburgerbahn rail line