page_title: Maisprach
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Maisprach / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: Maisprach, BL, Switzerland in the spring
context_page_description: Maisprach is a municipality in the district of Sissach in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.
context_section_description: Maisprach has an area, as of 2009, of 5.07 square kilometers (1.96 sq mi).  Of this area, 2.54 km² (0.98 sq mi) or 50.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.97 km² (0.76 sq mi) or 38.9% is forested.   Of the rest of the land, 0.51 km² (0.20 sq mi) or 10.1% is settled (buildings or roads).
  Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 6.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.4%.  Out of the forested land, 37.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees.  Of the agricultural land, 16.6% is used for growing crops and 20.9% is pastures, while 12.6% is used for orchards or vine crops.
  The municipality is located in the Sissach district, on the southern slope of Sonnenberg Mountain.
caption: Maisprach village
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