Swiss Towns / Episode 148
Lampenberg
27 October 2026 · Basel-Landschaft
What happened in this episode?
In episode 148, Lampenberg was selected by the wheel and eliminated from the Swiss Towns series. The municipality finished in place 1'963 out of 2'110 participants. After this spin, 1'962 municipalities remained in the race.
Municipality profile
Lampenberg lies in the canton of Basel-Landschaft. It has 576 permanent residents and covers 4.01 km², which corresponds to around 144 residents per km².
- Canton: Basel-Landschaft
- 576 permanent residents
- Area: 4.01 km²
Lampenberg supplied stone axes around 3900 BC.
An extensive flint deposit was worked at Lampenberg in the early Late Neolithic period. People made chipped stone axes here that were distributed far beyond the local area.