Geography
Buus has an area, as of 2009, of 8.85 square kilometers (3.42 sq mi). Of this area, 5.71 km2 (2.20 sq mi) or 64.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.52 km2 (0.97 sq mi) or 28.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.64 km2 (0.25 sq mi) or 7.2% is settled (buildings or roads).
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.5%. Out of the forested land, 26.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 25.5% is used for growing crops and 30.8% is pastures, while 8.1% is used for orchards or vine crops.
The municipality is located in the Sissach district, in a depression on the north foot of Farnsberg mountain. It consists of the haufendorf village (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Buus.
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