Maisprach

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

[3] Maisprach has an area, as of 2009[update], of 5.07 square kilometers (1.96 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.51 km2 (0.20 sq mi) or 10.1% is settled (buildings or roads).

[4] The municipality is located in the Sissach district, on the southern slope of Sonnenberg Mountain.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale Gules and Argent, a vine branch fesswise fructed of two counterchanged.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (840 or 94.9%), with English being second most common (12 or 1.4%) and French being third (6 or 0.7%).

[7] The age distribution, as of 2010[update], in Maisprach is; 59 children or 6.2% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 175 teenagers or 18.4% are between 7 and 19.

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] The Mill at Unterdorf 16 is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

The entire village of Maisprach is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[14] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 32.2% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 323 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 49.1%.

[8] There were 458 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.4% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 2 or 3.4% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 1 or 1.7% were in the movement and storage of goods, 2 or 3.4% were in a hotel or restaurant, 22 or 37.3% were in the information industry, 4 or 6.8% were technical professionals or scientists, 6 or 10.2% were in education and 18 or 30.5% were in health care.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 165 or 18.6% were Roman Catholic, while 515 or 58.2% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

Maisprach village
Aerial view from 3000 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1923)
Houses in Maisprach
Newer houses in Maisprach
Small vineyard near Maisprach
Church in Maisprach