Bubendorf is a municipality in the district of Liestal in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.HistoryBubendorf is first mentioned in 1152 as Bouenonowe.GeographyBubendorf has an area, of 10.8km2. Of this area, 4.12km2 or 38.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 4.98km2 or 46.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.61km2 or 14.9% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.11km2 or 1.0% is either rivers or lakes and 0.02km2 or 0.2% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.0% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 7.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.1%. Out of the forested land, 43.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 15.1% is used for growing crops and 21.0% is pastures, while 2.0% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.The municipality is located in the Liestal district, at the entrance to the Reigoldswiler valley. It consists of the linear village of Bubendorf.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per bend dentilly Sable and Argent.DemographicsBubendorf has a population of., 12.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 5.2%.Most of the population speaks German (3,925 or 92.1%), with Italian language being second most common (77 or 1.8%) and Albanian being third (61 or 1.4%). There are 30 people who speak French and 2 people who speak Romansh.