Oberwil is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.
Oberwil is first mentioned around 1102-03 as Oberuuilre.
Oberwil has an area, as of 2009, of 7.88 square kilometers (3.04 sq mi). Of this area, 3.47 km (1.34 sq mi) or 44.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.54 km (0.59 sq mi) or 19.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.82 km (1.09 sq mi) or 35.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0....
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Oberwil is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.
Oberwil is first mentioned around 1102-03 as Oberuuilre.
Oberwil has an area, as of 2009, of 7.88 square kilometers (3.04 sq mi). Of this area, 3.47 km (1.34 sq mi) or 44.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.54 km (0.59 sq mi) or 19.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.82 km (1.09 sq mi) or 35.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.03 km (7.4 acres) or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes and 0.02 km (4.9 acres) or 0.3% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.6% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 21.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 7.4%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.8% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 3.3%. Out of the forested land, 17.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.8% is covered with orchards or small...
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