Augst

Augst is first mentioned in 615 as Augustodunensem praesulem. In 752 it was mentioned as Augusta and in 1288 as Augst. ==Geography==

(1925) Augst has an area, , of . Of this area, or 34.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 6.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 40.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 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. Of the agricultural land, 18.9% is used for growing crops and 14.6% is pasture-land, while 1.2% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. The municipality is located in the Liestal district, near the mouth of the Ergolz river. It consists of the linear village of Augst. ==Coat of arms==

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is ''Gules, a Lion's head Argent issuant langued and crowned Or.'' ==Demographics==

Augst has a population () of . , 16.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 10.6%. Its population was comparable to its current level around 1910, or the early twentieth century. Most of the population () speaks German (804 or 84.6%), with Italian language and Serbo-Croatian being second and third most common (28 or 2.9%). There are 17 people who speak French and 1 person who speaks Romansh. , there were 350 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 514 married individuals, 44 widows or widowers and 42 individuals who are divorced. , there were 407 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.3 persons per household. there were 454 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 144. There were 20 single room apartments and 134 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 391 apartments (86.1% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 43 apartments (9.5%) were seasonally occupied and 20 apartments (4.4%) were empty. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.22%. Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) ImageSize = width:1080 height:210 PlotArea = height:150 left:100 bottom:50 right:100 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:950 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:200 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:40 start:0 PlotData= color:yellowgreen width:40 mark:(line,white) align:center bar:1699 from:start till:142 text:"142" bar:1798 from:start till:130 text:"130" bar:1850 from:start till:369 text:"369" bar:1860 from:start till:357 text:"357" bar:1870 from:start till:405 text:"405" bar:1880 from:start till:402 text:"402" bar:1888 from:start till:421 text:"421" bar:1900 from:start till:501 text:"501" bar:1910 from:start till:772 text:"772" bar:1920 from:start till:607 text:"607" bar:1930 from:start till:646 text:"646" bar:1941 from:start till:592 text:"592" bar:1950 from:start till:672 text:"672" bar:1960 from:start till:860 text:"860" bar:1970 from:start till:863 text:"863" bar:1980 from:start till:836 text:"836" bar:1990 from:start till:786 text:"786" bar:2000 from:start till:950 text:"950" ==Heritage sites of national significance==

The Roman city of Augusta Raurica and museum and the Villa Clavel auf Castelen are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance. The entire Augusta Raurica site is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites. File:Augusta Raurica Museum.jpg|Augusta Raurica Museum File:Augusta raurica theater.jpg|Augusta Raurica theater File:Augustraurica column.jpg|Roman era columns File:Hypocaust.jpg|Reconstruction of the Hypocaust File:Picswiss BL-44-04.jpg|Statue at Augusta Raurica File:Picswiss BL-44-09.jpg|Backery Oven File:Somnus (hypnos).jpg|Statues at the Roman Museum File:Roman coins Augst museum.jpg|Roman coins at the Roman Museum ==Politics==

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 37.22% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (24.48%), the FDP (13.47%) and the CVP (10.91%). In the federal election, a total of 296 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 45.5%. ==Economy==

, Augst had an unemployment rate of 2.4%. , there were 25 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 6 businesses involved in this sector. 271 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 21 businesses in this sector. 186 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 36 businesses in this sector. , there were 575 workers who commuted into the municipality and 387 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 1.5 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving. About 20.5% of the workforce coming into Augst are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 24.2% used public transportation to get to work, and 38.5% used a private car. ==Religion==

From the , 242 or 25.5% were Roman Catholic, while 413 or 43.5% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 37 members of an Orthodox church (or about 3.89% of the population), there were 5 individuals (or about 0.53% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church, and there were 18 individuals (or about 1.89% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 45 (or about 4.74% of the population) who were Islamic. There were 8 individuals who were Buddhist, 9 individuals who were Hindu and 3 individuals who belonged to another church. 136 (or about 14.32% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 34 individuals (or about 3.58% of the population) did not answer the question. ==Education==

In Augst about 389 or (40.9%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 116 or (12.2%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). Of the 116 who completed tertiary schooling, 66.4% were Swiss men, 16.4% were Swiss women, 8.6% were non-Swiss men and 8.6% were non-Swiss women. , there were 64 students from Augst who attended schools outside the municipality. ==Transportation==

The municipality is located on the A3 motorway. ==References==