Hemmiken

Hemmiken is a municipality in the district of Sissach in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. Hemmiken is first mentioned in 1255 as Enninchon. Hemmiken has an area, as of 2009, of 3.39 square kilometers (1.31 sq mi). Of this area, 2.38 km (0.92 sq mi) or 70.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.86 km (0.33 sq mi) or 25.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.19 km (0.073 sq mi) or 5.6% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.4%. Out of the forested land, 22.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 19.8% is used for growing crops and 43.4% is pastures, while 7.1% is used for orchards or vine crops. The municipality is located in the Sissach district, on the right side of a smaller valley off the Ergolz valley. It consists of the linear village of Hemmiken.