Basel-Landschaft

The Canton of Basel-Landschaft is a canton of Switzerland. The capital is Liestal.

Kanton Basel-Landschaft
Canton
Coat of arms
Location in Switzerland Map of Basel-Landschaft
Coordinates: 47°7′N 7°44′E
Capital	Liestal
Largest city	Allschwil
Subdivisions	86 municipalities, 5 districts
Government
• Executive	Regierungsrat (5)
• Legislative	Landrat (90)
Area
• Total	517.67 km2 (199.87 sq mi)
Population  (June 2021)
• Total	292,955
• Density	570/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	CH-BL
Highest point	1,169 m (3,835 ft): Hinteri Egg
Lowest point	246 m (807 ft): confluence of the river Birs with the Rhine, at Birsfelden
Joined	1501
Languages	German
Website	www.bl.ch

Districts

There are five districts:

• Arlesheim with capital Arlesheim
• Laufen with capital Laufen
• Liestal with capital Liestal
• Sissach with capital Sissach
• Waldenburg with capital Waldenburg

Municipalities

There are 86 municipalities:

Aesch Allschwil Anwil Arboldswil Arisdorf Arlesheim Augst Bennwil Biel-Benken Binningen Birsfelden Blauen Böckten Bottmingen Bretzwil Brislach Bubendorf Buckten Burg im Leimental Buus Diegten Diepflingen Dittingen Duggingen Eptingen Ettingen Frenkendorf Füllinsdorf Gelterkinden Giebenach

Grellingen Häfelfingen Hemmiken Hersberg Hölstein Itingen Känerkinden Kilchberg Lampenberg Langenbruck Läufelfingen Laufen Lausen Lauwil Liedertswil Liesberg Liestal Lupsingen Maisprach Münchenstein Muttenz Nenzlingen Niederdorf Nusshof Oberdorf Oberwil Oltingen Ormalingen Pfeffingen Pratteln

Ramlinsburg Reigoldswil Reinach Rickenbach Roggenburg Röschenz Rothenfluh Rümlingen Rünenberg Schönenbuch Seltisberg Sissach Tecknau Tenniken Therwil Thürnen Titterten Wahlen Waldenburg Wenslingen Wintersingen Wittinsburg Zeglingen Ziefen Zunzgen Zwingen

Other websites

• Official website (in German)
• Official statistics
• Basel-Landschaft in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.