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Aesch (sometimes written as Aesch BL in order to distinguish it from other "Aesches"; Swiss German: Ääsch) is a village (though it is statistically a town) and a municipality in the canton of Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland. Almost all of its area is located on the left, western bank of the Birs and is a suburb of Basel.
Aesch may refer to: Aesch, Basel-Landschaft, a municipality in the Swiss canton of Basel-Landschaft; Aesch, Lucerne, a municipality in the Swiss canton of Lucerne; Aesch, Zürich, a municipality in the Swiss canton of Zürich; Aesch bei Neftenbach, a hamlet in the municipality of Neftenbach in the Swiss canton of Zürich
Aesch is located in the Seetal valley, on the shore of Lake Hallwil, and along the road between Lucerne and Fahrwangen. The municipality consists of the village of Aesch. It has an area of 4.7 km 2 (1.8 sq mi). Of this area, 67.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 19.3% is forested.
In Aesch about 88.2% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). Aesch has an unemployment rate of 1.47%.
By 1702, the Prince-Bishop allowed the Vogt Johann Konrad Blarer to live in the castle at Aesch rather than in Pfeffingen, but his clerk had to stay in Pfeffingen Castle. As the castle at Pfeffingen lacked the comfort and prestige that the family desired for a family seat, in 1740 the Blarers moved their center of power into Aesch.
Aesch railway station (German: Bahnhof Aesch) is a railway station in the municipality of Aesch, in the Swiss canton of Basel-Landschaft. It is an intermediate stop on the Basel–Biel/Bienne line and is served by local trains only. The station is on the east side of the river Birs, opposite the Aesch city center. Map of the station
Neftenbach has an area of 15 km 2 (5.8 sq mi). Of this area, 55.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 29.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 14% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). [5]
The Basel–Aesch railway line is a 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) railway line in Switzerland. It runs 8.2 kilometres (5.1 mi) from Aesch to the border of Basel-Stadt , near Basel Dreispitz , where it connects with the Basel tram network .