Buus is a municipality in the Bezirk Sissach, situated in the canton of Basel-Landschaft. It lies at an altitude of 440 meters above sea level and covers a total surface area of 885 hectares, making it the 18th largest municipality in the canton by area. Table 2 summarizes the key features of the municipality, and figure 1 shows the municipality on the map.

The history of Buus is that of a typical Swiss village in a valley setting. According to Wikipedia, Buus is located in a valley where several smaller valleys converge and is bordered by neighboring villages in both Basel-Landschaft and Aargau. It is the third largest municipality in the Sissach district. The local government is led by a council of five, with Nadine Jermann serving as president for the 2024-2028 term. For more details, the Wikipedia page is available at https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buus.

The population of Buus was 1,143 in 2025. Of these, 85.4 percent are Swiss citizens and 14.6 percent are foreign nationals. The age structure shows 18.0 percent are young people aged 0-17, 62.0 percent are of working age between 18 and 65, and 20.0 percent are older adults over 65. The gender ratio is slightly skewed, with 603 men to 540 women. In terms of total population, Buus ranks 46th among the 86 municipalities in the canton. Table 2 shows the population by age groups since 2005.

Land use in Buus is predominantly agricultural. Of its 885-hectare total surface, 63.4 percent is agricultural land, 29.5 percent is forest, and 7.1 percent is settlement area.

The municipality's tax revenue ranks 52nd in the canton. The municipal tax multiplier and its specific rank among the 86 municipalities are not provided in the data, but the overall tax revenue figure places it in the middle range.

Energy consumption in Buus for 2022 shows a diverse mix. The largest energy carriers were heating oil at 4,060 MWh, followed by electricity at 3,248 MWh, wood at 2,653 MWh, ambient heat at 2,236 MWh, photovoltaics at 644 MWh, and thermal solar energy at 150 MWh. Electricity consumption per capita was 2.8 MWh, ranking Buus 67th out of 86 municipalities. This places it in the bottom quarter of the canton for per capita electricity use. Such a ranking can be influenced by the level of industrial activity, with lower consumption often indicating a more residential community profile.

The vehicle stock in Buus as of 2026 consists of 726 passenger cars and delivery vans. Of these, 618 are powered by combustion engines, mainly petrol or diesel, and 108 are electric vehicles. This means 14.9 percent of the vehicle fleet is electric. This data is presented in table 3.

Waste recycling data for 2024 shows Buus performs well in specific categories. Residents recycled 27 kg of glass per capita, 53 kg of green waste, 173 kg of household refuse and bulky waste, 2 kg of plastics, 33 kg of paper and cardboard, 13 kg of other metals, and 1 kg of tinplate and aluminum per person. The municipality ranks particularly high in recycling household refuse and bulky waste, where it is 6th in the canton, and in recycling other metals, where it is 9th. With two categories in the top 10, Buus is overall among the leading municipalities in recycling performance. The total recycled amounts and full canton-wide comparisons are detailed in table 4.