Basel-Landschaft
The Canton of Basel-Landschaft is a canton of Switzerland. The capital is Liestal.
 Coat of arms | |
| Coordinates: 47°7′N 7°44′E / 47.117°N 7.733°ECoordinates: 47°7′N 7°44′E / 47.117°N 7.733°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 2018)[2] | |
| • Total | 288,660 |
| • Density | 557.614/km2 (1,444.21/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 |
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:
Basel-Landschaft Media
Castle of Angenstein in Duggingen
Caricature of the division of Basel, 1833
Former town hall in Liestal, the cantonal capital.
Districts of Canton Basel-Landschaft
References
- ↑ Arealstatistik Land Cover - Kantone und Grossregionen nach 6 Hauptbereichen accessed 27 October 2017
- ↑ Canton of Basel-Land Statistics, Wohnbevölkerung nach Nationalität und Konfession per 30. Juni 2018 (German) accessed 18 September 2018
Other websites
- Lua error in Module:Official_website at line 90: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). (in German)
- Official statistics
- Basel-Landschaft in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
