Liestal
Liestal is a town in Switzerland. It is the capital of the Swiss canton of Basel-Landschaft. It is 17 kilometres (11 miles) south of Basel. As of December 2012, 13,771 people lived there.[1]
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Location of Liestal
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| Coordinates: 47°28′N 7°44′E / 47.467°N 7.733°ECoordinates: 47°28′N 7°44′E / 47.467°N 7.733°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Basel-Landschaft |
| District | Liestal |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Stadtpräsident Lukas Ott GPS (as of 2014) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 18.19 km2 (7.02 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 326 m (1,070 ft) |
| Population (December 2012) | |
| • Total | 13,771 |
| • Density | 757.06/km2 (1,960.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 4410 |
| Surrounded by | Arisdorf, Bubendorf, Frenkendorf, Füllinsdorf, Hersberg, Lausen, Nuglar-St. Pantaleon (SO), Seltisberg |
| Twin towns | Onex (Switzerland), Sacramento (USA), Waldkirch (Germany) |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
Liestal Media
Aerial view by Walter Mittelholzer (1922)
The cantonal museum of the Canton of Basel-Landschaft in the heart of the old town of Liestal
Secondary sector: casting plant Erzberg in Liestal
Tower of the city church of Liestal
Liestal: Chienbäse-Umzug am Fasnachtssonntag
Abel Seyler silhouette - Basel
Carl Spitteler, Nobel laureate in Literature 1919
References
- ↑ "Cantonal Population Statistics". Statistical Office of Basel-Landschaft. 2 September 2014. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
Other websites
Media related to Liestal at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website of Liestal (in German)
- Liestal in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
