Nenzlingen

Nenzlingen is a municipality in the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.

[3] Nenzlingen has an area, as of 2009[update], of 3.66 square kilometers (1.41 sq mi).

[4] The municipality is located in the Laufen district, in the Blauen hills.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (341 or 96.9%), with Italian language being second most common (7 or 2.0%) and French being third (2 or 0.6%).

[9] As of 2008[update], the gender distribution of the population was 51.7% male and 48.3% female.

The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 8 and the non-Swiss population change was an increase of 8 people.

[7] The age distribution, as of 2010[update], in Nenzlingen is; 31 children or 7.2% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 74 teenagers or 17.2% are between 7 and 19.

[13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 47.61% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 139 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 46.0%.

[8] There were 193 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 44.0% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 13, of which 11 were in agriculture and 2 were in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 7 or 31.8% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 2 or 9.1% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 or 4.5% were the insurance or financial industry, 1 or 4.5% were technical professionals or scientists, 3 or 13.6% were in education and 5 or 22.7% were in health care.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 249 or 70.7% were Roman Catholic, while 41 or 11.6% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

An imposing rock, about 5 m (16 ft) high with brightly painted image of a face, which welcomes hikers to the footpath from the ruin of Pfeffingen Castle to Nenzlingen
Aerial view (1950)
Village and church of Nenzlingen
Restaurant Linden
Church of Nenzlingen