Lausen

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Coordinates: 47°28′N, 7°46′E

Lausen
Coat of Arms of Lausen
Canton Basel-Country
District Liestal
Coordinates  47°28′N, 7°46′E
Population 4829   (2003)
Area 5.56 km²
Elevation 343 m
Postal code 4415
SFOS number 2828
Mayor Ernst Dill-Gysin
Website www.lausen.ch
Lausen (Switzerland)
Lausen
Lausen

Lausen is a municipality in the district of Liestal in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.

It lies in the middle of the Ergolz valley and has grown together with Liestal. Its population was 4576 in 2004. The main language spoken is Swiss German.

The municipality was first mentioned in 1275 by the name Langenso. In 1305 it became the property of the Bishop of Basel, passing in 1400 to the city of Basel.

The most famous citizen of the municipality was the nineteenth-century mathematician Johann Jakob Balmer.

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