Röschenz is a municipality in Laufen District in the Canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland.

[3] Röschenz has an area, as of 2009[update], of 10.07 square kilometers (3.89 sq mi).

[4] The municipality is located in the Laufen district, in the Lützel valley on a terrasse in the Blauen hills.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale, Sable a Crozier Argent, Argent between two Roses Gules, centered Or and lapped Vert a Bar wavy Azure.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (1,526 or 94.9%), with French being second most common (17 or 1.1%) and Italian being third (14 or 0.9%).

[9] As of 2008[update], the gender distribution of the population was 50.4% male and 49.6% female.

The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 19 and the non-Swiss population change was an increase of 4 people.

[7] The age distribution, as of 2010[update], in Röschenz is; 149 children or 8.2% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 262 teenagers or 14.3% are between 7 and 19.

The greatest number of single family homes (65) were built between 1961 and 1970.

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] In the 2007 Swiss federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 26.27% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 706 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 52.8%.

[8] There were 828 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.4% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 15, of which 14 were in agriculture and 1 were in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 14 or 14.6% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 19 or 19.8% were in the movement and storage of goods, 6 or 6.3% were in a hotel or restaurant, 7 or 7.3% were in the information industry, 12 or 12.5% were technical professionals or scientists, 18 or 18.8% were in education and 3 or 3.1% were in health care.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 1,198 or 74.5% were Roman Catholic, while 187 or 11.6% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.