Lauwil is a municipality in the district of Waldenburg in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.

[3] Lauwil has an area, as of 2009[update], of 7.27 square kilometers (2.81 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.18 km2 (0.069 sq mi) or 2.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes.

[4] The municipality is located in the Waldenburg district, in a depression in the Jura Mountains at an elevation of 637 m (2,090 ft).

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent, Coupeaux Vert incensed Gules.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (305 or 99.3%), with Italian being second most common (1 or 0.3%) and Polish being third (1 or 0.3%).

At the same time, there was 1 non-Swiss woman who immigrated from another country to Switzerland.

[7] The age distribution, as of 2010[update], in Lauwil is, 27 children (or 8.2% of the population) are between 0 and 6 years old and 48 teenagers (or 14.5%) are between 7 and 19.

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][12] In the 2007 federal election, the most popular party was the SVP which received 34.18% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 125 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 48.8%.

[8] There were 148 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 39.9% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector, 2 (16.7%) were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 2 (16.7%) were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 1 was a technical professional or scientist, and 5 (41.7%) were in education.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 44 or 14.3% were Roman Catholic, while 211 or 68.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.