Augst
municipality in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland
Augst (Swiss German: Augscht) is a municipality in the district of Liestal in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. It was known as Augusta Raurica in Roman times.
History
Augst is first mentioned in 615 as Augustodunensem praesulem. In 752 it was mentioned as Augusta and in 1288 as Augst.
Geography
Augst has an area, as of 2009, of 1.64 square kilometers (0.63 sq mi). Of this area, 0.57 km2 (0.22 sq mi) or 34.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.11 km2 (0.042 sq mi) or 6.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.66 km2 (0.25 sq mi) or 40.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.28 km2 (0.11 sq mi) or 17.1% is either rivers or lakes.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 6.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 11.0% and transportation infrastructure constituted 15.9%. 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 5.5%. Out of the forested land, 4.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees.
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