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

[3] Läufelfingen has an area, as of 2009[update], of 8.15 square kilometers (3.15 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.79 km2 (0.31 sq mi) or 9.7% is settled (buildings or roads).

[4] The municipality is located in the Sissach district, along the Homburger stream and along the road over the pass at Unteren Hauenstein.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, two Eagles displayed Sable, langued, beaked and membered Gules.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (1,167 or 93.3%), with Albanian being second most common (26 or 2.1%) and Italian language being third (20 or 1.6%).

[9] As of 2008[update], the gender distribution of the population was 49.5% male and 50.5% female.

[7] The age distribution, as of 2010[update], in Läufelfingen is; 89 children or 7.0% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 196 teenagers or 15.4% are between 7 and 19.

[11] About 63.8% of the total households were owner-occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage or a rent-to-own agreement).

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][15] The Ruins of Neu-Homburg Castle are listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

[16] Homberg or Neu-Homberg Castle was the seat of the Froberg family since the 13th Century until it was destroyed in 1798.

[17] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 34.93% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 466 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 50.1%.

[8] There were 627 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 39.7% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 27 or 16.8% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 31 or 19.3% were in the movement and storage of goods, 17 or 10.6% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 or 0.6% were in the information industry, 2 or 1.2% were technical professionals or scientists, 9 or 5.6% were in education and 62 or 38.5% were in health care.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 215 or 17.2% were Roman Catholic, while 747 or 59.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.