page_title: Haslen, Glarus
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Haslen, Glarus / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: View from Schwändi to the upper valley of Linth with Haslen and Luchsingen and Tödi at the back, canton of Glarus, Switzerland Esperanto: Rigardo de Schwändi al la supra valo de Linth kun Haslen kaj Luchsingen kaj Tödi en la fono, Kantono Glaruso, Svislando Deutsch: Blick von Schwändi ins obere Linthtal mit Haslen und Luchsingen und dem Tödi im Hintergrund, Kanton Glarus, Schweiz
context_page_description: Haslen is a village, and former municipality, in the municipality of Glarus Süd and canton of Glarus in Switzerland.
context_section_description: Haslen is in the valley of the Linth river, and the village is on the east bank of the river at an elevation of approximately 586 m (1,923 ft). The villages of Leuggelbach and Diesbach lie across the river to the west, whilst Hätzingen is to the south and Schwanden is to the north.
  Haslen consists of the linear village of Haslen itself, the hamlets of Leu (formerly Nesslau), Oberhaslen, Büel, Zussigen and Mülibächli.
  Haslen has an area, as defined by the former municipal boundaries in 2006, of 15.8 km² (6.1 sq mi).  Of this area, 42.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 45.2% is forested.  Of the rest of the land, 3.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (8.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
caption: The village and valley seen from Schwandi
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