Zunzgen, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Zunzgen, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland, ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, parish census, civil census, family history, area history, and military records.



Geography
The former municipality of Zunzgen is in the Sissach district and the Aargau canton. It is located at the mouth of the Diegtertal.

Zunzgen (as of 2009) has an area of 6.88 km² (2.66 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 38.1% - agricultural purposes
 * 49.9% - forested
 * 12.1% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 0.1% - rivers or lakes

History
In 1323, Zunzgen was first mentioned by the name of Zunzkon. Zunzgen is in the Sissach district and the Aargau canton.

The population history of Zunzgen is: 1497 - 56 inhabitants 1699 - 216 inhabitants 1798 - 361 inhabitants 1850 - 633 inhabitants 1860 - 718 inhabitants 1870 - 708 inhabitants 1880 - 664 inhabitants 1888 - 662 inhabitants 1900 - 685 inhabitants 1910 - 747 inhabitants 1920 - 743 inhabitants 1930 - 786 inhabitants 1941 - 839 inhabitants 1950 - 954 inhabitants 1960 - 1,196 inhabitants 1970 - 1,660 inhabitants 1980 - 1,516 inhabitants 1990 - 2,349 inhabitants 2000 - 2,433 inhabitants 2021 - 2,674 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 21.9% were Roman Catholic
 * 58.0% were Swiss Reformed Church
 * 0.41% were Orthodox Church
 * 0.16% were Christian Catholic Church
 * 2.38% were other Christian Church

Spiritually, Zunzgen belonged to the Saint-Jacques parish in Sissach. In 1504, the Saint-Jean chapel was mentioned. It was destroyed after the Reformation. Since 1830, Zunzgen has formed a parish with Tenniken.

Church Records
Zunzgen was part of the parish of Sissach until 1830, when it was moved to the parish of Tenniken. For church records, see Sissach and Tenniken.

Census
(See here for information regarding Basel-Landschaft census records.)

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Zunzgen:
 * 1815 (images 311-323)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Zunzgen prior to 1875:

Related sources
The town's website (in German) can be found here.

Libraries and archives
State Archives of Basel-Landschaft

Societies
Genealogical-Heraldic Society of Region Basel (GHGRB)