Anwil, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Anwil, 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 municipality of Anwil is in the district of Sissach in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. It is the easternmost municipality in the half canton. It includes the haufendorf village (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Anwil, located in the Jura Mountains between the Ergolz valleys and the Kienberger Eital.

Anwil (as of 2009) has an area of 3.96 km² (1.53 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 63.6% - agricultural purposes
 * 27.8% - forested
 * 8.1% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 0.8% - either rivers or lakes
 * 0.5% - non-productive

History
In 1276, Anwil was first mentioned by the name of Anvil.

The population history of Anwil is: 1680 - 173 inhabitants 1798 - 181 inhabitants 1850 - 334 inhabitants 1860 - 367 inhabitants 1870 - 343 inhabitants 1880 - 332 inhabitants 1888 - 348 inhabitants 1900 - 361 inhabitants 1910 - 365 inhabitants 1920 - 354 inhabitants 1930 - 330 inhabitants 1941 - 328 inhabitants 1950 - 300 inhabitants 1960 - 306 inhabitants 1970 - 297 inhabitants 1980 - 300 inhabitants 1990 - 329 inhabitants 2000 - 495 inhabitants 2021 - 532 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 10.3% belonged to the Roman Catholic Church
 * 69.9% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church
 * 1.01% belonged to the Christian Catholic Church
 * 4.65% belonged to another Christian church
 * 1.01% belonged to the Islamic faith

The community was part of the parish of Oltingen. In 1528, the Reformation was adopted.

Church Records
Anwil belongs to the parish of Oltingen. For church records, see Oltingen.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Anwil:
 * 1815 (images 69-74)

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

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

Libraries and archives
Basel-Landschaft State Archive

Societies
Genealogical-Heraldic Society of Region Basel (GHGRB)