Binningen, Switzerland
Encyclopedia
Binningen is a municipality
in the district of Arlesheim
in the canton
of Basel-Country
in Switzerland
. It is nestled in a valley, on a plateau, and on two hills overlooking the city of Basel
.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 53.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 9.5%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 7.2%. Out of the forested land, 5.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 14.7% is used for growing crops and 4.3% is pastures, while 2.0% is used for orchards or vine crops.
The municipality is located in the Arlesheim district, along the Birsig
river. Bottmingen
was part of Binningen until 1837. Over the course of the 19th Century it has been absorbed by the agglomeration
of Basel
.
of the municipal coat of arms
is Argent a sable pale, charged with three six-rayed argent mullets
Said to be on a "silver backdrop with a black arrow and three silver stars".
The municipality banner is confirmed to be from the time period between 1292 and 1300. Back then, the banner was the family banner of the family "von Binningen" from Basel, who acquired the medieval town in 1921.
Most of the population speaks German
(11,709 or 83.8%), with Italian language
being second most common (517 or 3.7%) and French
being third (378 or 2.7%). There are 22 people who speak Romansh.
, the gender distribution of the population was 48.2% male and 51.8% female. The population was made up of 11,627 Swiss citizens (78.8% of the population), and 3,136 non-Swiss residents (21.2%) Of the population in the municipality 2,609 or about 18.7% were born in Binningen and lived there in 2000. There were 1,496 or 10.7% who were born in the same canton, while 5,897 or 42.2% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 3,486 or 24.9% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 101 live births to Swiss citizens and 31 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 119 deaths of Swiss citizens and 5 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 18 while the foreign population increased by 26. There were 3 Swiss men and 9 Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there were 87 non-Swiss men and 67 non-Swiss women who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 71 and the non-Swiss population change was an increase of 120 people. This represents a population growth rate of 1.3%.
The age distribution, , in Binningen is; 934 children or 6.3% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 1,602 teenagers or 10.9% are between 7 and 19. Of the adult population, 1,529 people or 10.4% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 2,006 people or 13.6% are between 30 and 39, 2,434 people or 16.5% are between 40 and 49, and 2,815 people or 19.1% are between 50 and 64. The senior population distribution is 2,503 people or 17.0% of the population are between 65 and 79 years old and there are 940 people or 6.4% who are over 80.
, there were 5,206 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 6,860 married individuals, 967 widows or widowers and 944 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.51 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.56 per room. In this case, a room is defined as space of a housing unit of at least 4 m² (43.1 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 30.9% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage
or a rent-to-own agreement).
, there were 6,829 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2. persons per household. There were 2,751 households that consist of only one person and 215 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 6,931 households that answered this question, 39.7% were households made up of just one person and 46 were adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 2,145 married couples without children, 1,431 married couples with children There were 354 single parents with a child or children. There were 102 households that were made up unrelated people and 102 households that were made some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 1,570 single family homes (or 59.2% of the total) out of a total of 2,652 inhabited buildings. There were 716 multi-family buildings (27.0%), along with 268 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (10.1%) and 98 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (3.7%). Of the single family homes 120 were built before 1919, while 95 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (336) were built between 1946 and 1960.
there were 7,364 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 3 rooms of which there were 2,455. There were 323 single room apartments and 1,926 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 6,687 apartments (90.8% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 542 apartments (7.4%) were seasonally occupied and 135 apartments (1.8%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 4.3 new units per 1000 residents. the average price to rent a two room apartment was about 845.00 CHF (US$680, £380, €540), a three room apartment was about 1049.00 CHF (US$840, £470, €670) and a four room apartment cost an average of 1361.00 CHF (US$1090, £610, €870). The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.36%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
the most popular party was the SP
which received 27.44% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP
(23.72%), the FDP
(20.63%) and the Green Party
(13.05%). In the federal election, a total of 5,240 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 52.7%.
the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 4,115. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 14, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 549, of which 127 or (23.1%) were in manufacturing and 422 (76.9%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 3,552. In the tertiary sector; 400 or 11.3% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 59 or 1.7% were in the movement and storage of goods, 117 or 3.3% were in a hotel or restaurant, 23 or 0.6% were in the information industry, 276 or 7.8% were the insurance or financial industry, 258 or 7.3% were technical professionals or scientists, 140 or 3.9% were in education and 1,738 or 48.9% were in health care.
, there were 4,299 workers who commuted into the municipality and 5,541 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.3 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 12.0% of the workforce coming into Binningen are coming from outside Switzerland, while 0.3% of the locals commute out of Switzerland for work. Of the working population, 38.2% used public transportation to get to work, and 30.6% used a private car.
. Of the rest of the population, there were 205 members of an Orthodox church
(or about 1.47% of the population), there were 39 individuals (or about 0.28% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church
, and there were 272 individuals (or about 1.95% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 78 individuals (or about 0.56% of the population) who were Jewish
, and 439 (or about 3.14% of the population) who were Islam
ic. There were 48 individuals who were Buddhist
, 112 individuals who were Hindu
and 13 individuals who belonged to another church. 2,855 (or about 20.43% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 550 individuals (or about 3.94% of the population) did not answer the question.
). Of the 3,031 who completed tertiary schooling, 53.8% were Swiss men, 28.1% were Swiss women, 10.5% were non-Swiss men and 7.7% were non-Swiss women. , there were 206 students in Binningen who came from another municipality, while 643 residents attended schools outside the municipality.
Binningen is home to 2 libraries. These libraries include; the Astronomical Institute and the Municipal Library (. There was a combined total of 23,251 books or other media in the libraries, and in the same year a total of 62,576 items were loaned out.
Municipalities of Switzerland
Communes , also known as municipalities, are the smallest government division in Switzerland, numbering 2,596 . While many have a population of a few hundred citizens, the largest cities such as Zürich or Geneva also have the legal status of municipalities...
in the district of Arlesheim
Arlesheim (district)
Arlesheim District is one of the five districts of the largely German-speaking canton of Basel-Country, Switzerland. Its capital is the town of Arlesheim. It has a population of .-Geography:...
in the canton
Cantons of Switzerland
The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the federal state of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereign state with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848...
of Basel-Country
Basel-Country
Basel-Landschaft , is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland. The capital is Liestal...
in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
. It is nestled in a valley, on a plateau, and on two hills overlooking the city of Basel
Basel
Basel or Basle In the national languages of Switzerland the city is also known as Bâle , Basilea and Basilea is Switzerland's third most populous city with about 166,000 inhabitants. Located where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in France and Germany...
.
History
Binningen is first mentioned in 1004 as Binningen. Various versions of the name Binningen appear in records dating from between the eleventh and fourteenth centuries, such as "Binnengin" and "Biningin".Geography
Binningen has an area, , of 4.43 square kilometres (1.7 sq mi). Of this area, 0.93 km² (0.359075007491058 sq mi) or 21.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.31 km² (0.119691669163686 sq mi) or 7.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 3.19 km² (1.2 sq mi) or 72.0% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.02 km² (4.9 acre) or 0.5% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 53.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 9.5%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 7.2%. Out of the forested land, 5.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 14.7% is used for growing crops and 4.3% is pastures, while 2.0% is used for orchards or vine crops.
The municipality is located in the Arlesheim district, along the Birsig
Birsig
The Birsig is a rather small river in eastern France and northern Switzerland. Its source is in the village Biederthal, in the French Haut-Rhin department, near the Swiss border. The Birsig is about 21 kilometers long and its watershed area is about 82 square kilometers. It flows variably through...
river. Bottmingen
Bottmingen
Bottmingen is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Land in Switzerland.-Geography:Bottmingen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 25.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 18.4% is forested...
was part of Binningen until 1837. Over the course of the 19th Century it has been absorbed by the agglomeration
Agglomeration
In the study of human settlements, an urban agglomeration is an extended city or town area comprising the built-up area of a central place and any suburbs linked by continuous urban area. In France, INSEE the French Statistical Institute, translate it as "Unité urbaine" which means continuous...
of Basel
Basel
Basel or Basle In the national languages of Switzerland the city is also known as Bâle , Basilea and Basilea is Switzerland's third most populous city with about 166,000 inhabitants. Located where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in France and Germany...
.
Coat of arms
The blazonBlazon
In heraldry and heraldic vexillology, a blazon is a formal description of a coat of arms, flag or similar emblem, from which the reader can reconstruct the appropriate image...
of the municipal coat of arms
Coat of arms
A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon or on a surcoat or tabard used to cover and protect armour and to identify the wearer. Thus the term is often stated as "coat-armour", because it was anciently displayed on the front of a coat of cloth...
is Argent a sable pale, charged with three six-rayed argent mullets
Said to be on a "silver backdrop with a black arrow and three silver stars".
The municipality banner is confirmed to be from the time period between 1292 and 1300. Back then, the banner was the family banner of the family "von Binningen" from Basel, who acquired the medieval town in 1921.
Demographics
Binningen has a population of . , 20.4% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 2.1%.Most of the population speaks German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
(11,709 or 83.8%), with Italian language
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
being second most common (517 or 3.7%) and French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
being third (378 or 2.7%). There are 22 people who speak Romansh.
, the gender distribution of the population was 48.2% male and 51.8% female. The population was made up of 11,627 Swiss citizens (78.8% of the population), and 3,136 non-Swiss residents (21.2%) Of the population in the municipality 2,609 or about 18.7% were born in Binningen and lived there in 2000. There were 1,496 or 10.7% who were born in the same canton, while 5,897 or 42.2% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 3,486 or 24.9% were born outside of Switzerland.
In there were 101 live births to Swiss citizens and 31 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 119 deaths of Swiss citizens and 5 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 18 while the foreign population increased by 26. There were 3 Swiss men and 9 Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there were 87 non-Swiss men and 67 non-Swiss women who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 71 and the non-Swiss population change was an increase of 120 people. This represents a population growth rate of 1.3%.
The age distribution, , in Binningen is; 934 children or 6.3% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 1,602 teenagers or 10.9% are between 7 and 19. Of the adult population, 1,529 people or 10.4% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 2,006 people or 13.6% are between 30 and 39, 2,434 people or 16.5% are between 40 and 49, and 2,815 people or 19.1% are between 50 and 64. The senior population distribution is 2,503 people or 17.0% of the population are between 65 and 79 years old and there are 940 people or 6.4% who are over 80.
, there were 5,206 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 6,860 married individuals, 967 widows or widowers and 944 individuals who are divorced.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.51 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.56 per room. In this case, a room is defined as space of a housing unit of at least 4 m² (43.1 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 30.9% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage
Mortgage loan
A mortgage loan is a loan secured by real property through the use of a mortgage note which evidences the existence of the loan and the encumbrance of that realty through the granting of a mortgage which secures the loan...
or a rent-to-own agreement).
, there were 6,829 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2. persons per household. There were 2,751 households that consist of only one person and 215 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 6,931 households that answered this question, 39.7% were households made up of just one person and 46 were adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 2,145 married couples without children, 1,431 married couples with children There were 354 single parents with a child or children. There were 102 households that were made up unrelated people and 102 households that were made some sort of institution or another collective housing.
there were 1,570 single family homes (or 59.2% of the total) out of a total of 2,652 inhabited buildings. There were 716 multi-family buildings (27.0%), along with 268 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (10.1%) and 98 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (3.7%). Of the single family homes 120 were built before 1919, while 95 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (336) were built between 1946 and 1960.
there were 7,364 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 3 rooms of which there were 2,455. There were 323 single room apartments and 1,926 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 6,687 apartments (90.8% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 542 apartments (7.4%) were seasonally occupied and 135 apartments (1.8%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 4.3 new units per 1000 residents. the average price to rent a two room apartment was about 845.00 CHF (US$680, £380, €540), a three room apartment was about 1049.00 CHF (US$840, £470, €670) and a four room apartment cost an average of 1361.00 CHF (US$1090, £610, €870). The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.36%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
Sights
- Allschwiler forest: nature reserve on the Western end of Binningen
- Astronomy observatory from the University of BaselUniversity of BaselThe University of Basel is located in Basel, Switzerland, and is considered to be one of leading universities in the country...
- Binningen castle: former lake castle, which was built in the 13th century and belongs now to the municipality of Binningen. Since 1870 it has had a restaurant, and since 2007 an adjacent hotel.
- Catholic church
- Holee castle from 1550: is now in private ownership
- Ice-skating station, St. Margarethen
- Monteverdi Car Collection: largest Swiss car museum
- Neubad Inn: former welness bath built in 1765 around natural springs
- Sunbath St. Margarethen (Sonnenbad)
- St. Margarethen: church on the Margarethen hill
- Ortsmuseum (town museum)
- Zoo Basel (on Binningen ground, but with no public access) the public entrance lies just outside the town's border
Politics
In the 2007 federal electionSwiss federal election, 2007
Elections to the Swiss Federal Assembly, the federal parliament of Switzerland, were held on Sunday, 21 October 2007. In a few cantons, a second round of the elections to the Council of States was held on 11 November, 18 November, and 25 November 2007...
the most popular party was the SP
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is the largest centre-left political party in Switzerland....
which received 27.44% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP
Swiss People's Party
The Swiss People's Party , also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre , is a conservative political party in Switzerland. Chaired by Toni Brunner, but spearheaded by Christoph Blocher, the party is the largest party in the Federal Assembly, with 58 members of the National Council and 6 of...
(23.72%), the FDP
FDP.The Liberals
FDP.The Liberals is a classical liberal political party in Switzerland. It is the joint-largest party in the Federal Council, third-largest party in the National Council, and second-largest in the Council of States....
(20.63%) and the Green Party
Green Party of Switzerland
The Green Party of Switzerland is the fifth-largest party in the National Council of Switzerland, and the largest party that is not represented on the Federal Council.-History:...
(13.05%). In the federal election, a total of 5,240 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
Voter turnout
Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election . After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1960s...
was 52.7%.
Economy
, Binningen had an unemployment rate of 2.48%. , there were 51 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 10 businesses involved in this sector. 767 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 79 businesses in this sector. 4,360 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 461 businesses in this sector. There were 6,997 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 45.6% of the workforce.the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 4,115. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 14, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 549, of which 127 or (23.1%) were in manufacturing and 422 (76.9%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 3,552. In the tertiary sector; 400 or 11.3% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 59 or 1.7% were in the movement and storage of goods, 117 or 3.3% were in a hotel or restaurant, 23 or 0.6% were in the information industry, 276 or 7.8% were the insurance or financial industry, 258 or 7.3% were technical professionals or scientists, 140 or 3.9% were in education and 1,738 or 48.9% were in health care.
, there were 4,299 workers who commuted into the municipality and 5,541 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.3 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 12.0% of the workforce coming into Binningen are coming from outside Switzerland, while 0.3% of the locals commute out of Switzerland for work. Of the working population, 38.2% used public transportation to get to work, and 30.6% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 4,136 or 29.6% were Roman Catholic, while 5,230 or 37.4% belonged to the Swiss Reformed ChurchSwiss Reformed Church
The Reformed branch of Protestantism in Switzerland was started in Zürich by Huldrych Zwingli and spread within a few years to Basel , Bern , St...
. Of the rest of the population, there were 205 members of an Orthodox church
Orthodox Christianity
The term Orthodox Christianity may refer to:* the Eastern Orthodox Church and its various geographical subdivisions...
(or about 1.47% of the population), there were 39 individuals (or about 0.28% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church
Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland
The Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland is the Swiss member church of the Union of Utrecht, also known as Old Catholic Church, originally founded by the jansenists, with a later influx of discontented Catholics following their disappointment with the First Vatican Council. It has 14,000...
, and there were 272 individuals (or about 1.95% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 78 individuals (or about 0.56% of the population) who were Jewish
Judaism
Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...
, and 439 (or about 3.14% of the population) who were Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
ic. There were 48 individuals who were Buddhist
Buddhism
Buddhism is a religion and philosophy encompassing a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices, largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha . The Buddha lived and taught in the northeastern Indian subcontinent some time between the 6th and 4th...
, 112 individuals who were Hindu
Hinduism
Hinduism is the predominant and indigenous religious tradition of the Indian Subcontinent. Hinduism is known to its followers as , amongst many other expressions...
and 13 individuals who belonged to another church. 2,855 (or about 20.43% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
Agnosticism
Agnosticism is the view that the truth value of certain claims—especially claims about the existence or non-existence of any deity, but also other religious and metaphysical claims—is unknown or unknowable....
or atheist
Atheism
Atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities. In a narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities...
, and 550 individuals (or about 3.94% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Binningen about 5,523 or (39.5%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 3,031 or (21.7%) have completed additional higher education (either University or a FachhochschuleFachhochschule
A Fachhochschule or University of Applied Sciences is a German type of tertiary education institution, sometimes specialized in certain topical areas . Fachhochschulen were founded in Germany and later adopted by Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Greece...
). Of the 3,031 who completed tertiary schooling, 53.8% were Swiss men, 28.1% were Swiss women, 10.5% were non-Swiss men and 7.7% were non-Swiss women. , there were 206 students in Binningen who came from another municipality, while 643 residents attended schools outside the municipality.
Binningen is home to 2 libraries. These libraries include; the Astronomical Institute and the Municipal Library (. There was a combined total of 23,251 books or other media in the libraries, and in the same year a total of 62,576 items were loaned out.
Famous people
- Roger FedererRoger FedererRoger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player who held the ATP no. 1 position for a record 237 consecutive weeks, and 285 weeks overall. As of 28 November 2011, he is ranked World No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals . Federer has won a men's record 16 Grand Slam singles titles...
(* 1981), born in Binningen (Cantonal Hospital) - Hans Fünfschilling (* 1940), Basel-Country senator (1999–2007)
- Curt GoetzCurt GoetzCurt Goetz , born Kurt Walter Götz, was a Swiss-German writer, actor and film director. Curt Goetz was regarded as one of the most brilliant comedy writers of his time in the German-speaking world. Together with his wife Valérie von Martens he acted in his own plays and also filmed them...
(1888–1960), actor, author, screenwriter; and Hollywood film director; spent early youth in Binningen and called his autobiographyAutobiographyAn autobiography is a book about the life of a person, written by that person.-Origin of the term:...
„Die Memoiren des Peterhans von Binningen“ (Peterhans's Memories from Binningen) - René C. Jäggi (* 1948), business man, lived in Binningen
- Claude JaniakClaude JaniakClaude Janiak is a Swiss politician of Polish origin, lawyer and President of the Swiss National Council for the 2005/2006 term. Member of the Social Democratic Party , he was elected to the National Council in 1999 in the canton of Basel-Land and reelected in 2003...
(* 1948), lawyer, politician, and president of the Swiss National Council (2005/2006 term) - Peter MonteverdiPeter MonteverdiPeter Monteverdi was a Swiss automaker and creator of the automobile brand Monteverdi....
(1934–1998), car manufacturer, born in Binningen - Bruno Sidler (* ?), CEO of PanalpinaPanalpinaPanalpina is a Swiss company, provider of forwarding and logistics services, specializing in intercontinental air and ocean freight and associated supply chain management solutions. It operates a network of some 500 branches in more than 90 countries; in a further 60 countries, the group cooperates...
1998-2006, lived in Binningen