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Basel-Landschaft

BL

Capital: Liestal

Total Population

Largest Municipality

Avg. Population per Municipality

BFS canton number

13

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Rankings for canton Basel-LandschaftPopulation & demographics Taxes Climate Politics & elections Geography Mobility & public transport Terrain & relief Energy & electricity All rankings →

Top municipalities in canton Basel-Landschaft

Population & demographics

Largest municipalitiesNo. 1Allschwil22'374Full ranking: canton Basel-Landschaft →

Reinach21'003 Muttenz18'308 Pratteln16'595 Binningen16'245

Growing municipalitiesNo. 1Lauwil7.1%Full ranking: canton Basel-Landschaft →

Augst4.9%Giebenach4.1%Wahlen3.8%Seltisberg3.1%

Shrinking municipalitiesNo. 1Arboldswil-4.1%Full ranking: canton Basel-Landschaft →

Liedertswil-3.2%Wintersingen-2.5%Burg im Leimental-2.5%Arisdorf-1.8%

Jobs per residentNo. 1Liestal1.1Full ranking: canton Basel-Landschaft →

Münchenstein1 Pratteln0.99 Bubendorf0.86 Muttenz0.73

Families & childrenNo. 1Diepflingen23.9%Full ranking: canton Basel-Landschaft →

Bennwil23.3%Lupsingen22.9%Ziefen22.2%Lampenberg22.2%

Age structureNo. 1Titterten31%Full ranking: canton Basel-Landschaft →

Liedertswil30.5%Arlesheim29.9%Hemmiken29.7%Rünenberg29.4%

Women shareNo. 1Arlesheim54%Full ranking: canton Basel-Landschaft →

Kilchberg52.5%Wenslingen52.4%Oberwil52.3%Binningen52.2%

Foreign residentsNo. 1Pratteln42.6%Full ranking: canton Basel-Landschaft →

Frenkendorf37.6%Birsfelden34.8%Waldenburg34.4%Füllinsdorf33%

Population densityNo. 1Birsfelden4'144/km²Full ranking: canton Basel-Landschaft →

Binningen3'642/km² Reinach3'013/km² Allschwil2'517/km² Bottmingen2'343/km²

Tax burdenNo. 1Pfeffingen14'899Full ranking: canton Basel-Landschaft →

Biel-Benken14'990 Arlesheim15'081 Bottmingen15'172 Binningen15'263

TaxesNo. 1Pfeffingen45%Full ranking: canton Basel-Landschaft →

Biel-Benken46%Arlesheim47%Bottmingen48%Binningen49%

Politics & elections

Voter turnoutNo. 1Kilchberg72.5%Full ranking: canton Basel-Landschaft →

Seltisberg64.2%Wittinsburg63.1%Eptingen63.1%Pfeffingen63%

Against SwitzerlandNo. 1Wahlen30.4%Full ranking: canton Basel-Landschaft →

Liesberg27.7%Läufelfingen27.7%Waldenburg26%Brislach24.8%

Aligned with SwitzerlandNo. 1Lausen95.1%Full ranking: canton Basel-Landschaft →

Ettingen94.1%Schönenbuch94.1%Therwil94.1%Laufen94.1%

SVP strongholdsNo. 1Liedertswil62.9%Full ranking: canton Basel-Landschaft →

Roggenburg60.8%Eptingen60.1%Bretzwil58.9%Hemmiken53.9%

SP strongholdsNo. 1Birsfelden36.7%Full ranking: canton Basel-Landschaft →

Münchenstein32.8%Buckten31.9%Ziefen31%Frenkendorf30%

Centre strongholdsNo. 1Blauen22.4%Full ranking: canton Basel-Landschaft →

Grellingen19.6%Laufen19.4%Dittingen19.3%Liesberg19.1%

FDP strongholdsNo. 1Bottmingen21.9%Full ranking: canton Basel-Landschaft →

Binningen19.9%Pfeffingen19.5%Oberwil18.7%Arlesheim18%

GLP strongholdsNo. 1Lupsingen11.5%Full ranking: canton Basel-Landschaft →

Rünenberg10.5%Ramlinsburg10.2%Kilchberg9.9%Duggingen9.6%

Green strongholdsNo. 1Oltingen25.2%Full ranking: canton Basel-Landschaft →

Zeglingen16.2%Arlesheim15.4%Maisprach15.1%Sissach14.3%

Mobility & public transport

Best-connected municipalitiesNo. 1Binningen15 minFull ranking: canton Basel-Landschaft →

Bottmingen16 min Oberwil20 min Allschwil21 min Münchenstein21 min

Remotest municipalitiesNo. 1Roggenburg75 minFull ranking: canton Basel-Landschaft →

Langenbruck67 min Lauwil66 min Oltingen63 min Kilchberg62 min

Top municipalities by population

BFS

#7Münchenstein

Religion

FSO · structural survey · 2024

Permanent resident population aged 15+, 2024

No affiliation40.3% 102'003

Reformed Protestant23.9% 60'642

Roman Catholic22.1% 55'880

Other Christian5.9% 14'975

Muslim communities5.5% 13'905

Other religions1.6% 3'935

Not stated0.7% 1'723

Jewish community0.1% 245

Sample survey (structural survey) with 95% confidence intervals; shares can sum slightly under 100% (suppressed small values). Religious affiliation has not been collected per municipality since the 2000 census — the canton is the finest level available.

Structural Survey 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Taxes

ESTV · 2026

Income tax in the 5 cheapest and 5 most expensive municipalities of Basel-Landschaft at CHF 100'000 gross income.

Lowest tax

Pfeffingen14'899
Biel-Benken14'990
Arlesheim15'081
Bottmingen15'172
Binningen15'263

Highest tax

Median Basel-Landschaft: CHF 16'264

Total income tax (federal, cantonal, municipal and personal tax) for a single person without children, no church affiliation, on CHF 100'000 gross employment income, tax year 2026. Because the same household is computed everywhere, the franc amounts are comparable across Switzerland — the tax multiplier is not.

Tax burden · Full ranking →

Energy & electricity

ElCom · BFE · 2027

Median tariff H4

31.21 Rp./kWh

Swiss median H4

26.53 Rp./kWh

Cheapest municipality

22.93 Rp./kWh

Most expensive municipality

32.09 Rp./kWh

Roof solar potential

1'865 GWh/yr

Solar potential per capita

6'139 kWh/yr

All energy rankings →

Medians are ElCom's published household electricity prices for consumption profile H4 (4'500 kWh a year, standard product, excl. VAT) for the tariff year shown. The solar figure sums the BFE modelled roof potential of the 86 municipalities with a model — what roofs could generate, not what is installed.

2027 · Federal Electricity Commission (ElCom), retrieved 12.09.2026

Health-insurance premiums

BAG · 2024

Ø premium canton

479 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland

465.3 CHF/mo

Rank in comparison

22. of 26 cantons

Cheapest canton

293 CHF/mo

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Most expensive canton

539 CHF/mo

Compare all premiums in canton Basel-Landschaft →Premiums explained →

Average adult premium actually paid in the canton (2024, BAG health-insurance statistics) — the mean across all regions, models and deductibles, not the cheapest offer. The 2026 figure is BAG's forward national mean premium.

Districts of the canton of Basel-Landschaft

5 Districts — municipalities and residents per unit

Bezirk Arlesheim

15 Municipalities · 163'346 Residents

14 Municipalities · 64'606 Residents

29 Municipalities · 37'853 Residents

13 Municipalities · 21'520 Residents

Bezirk Waldenburg

15 Municipalities · 16'547 Residents

Municipalities in Canton

swisstopo · 86

86 municipalities

Aesch

Bezirk Arlesheim

Population:11'327

Allschwil

Bezirk Arlesheim

Population:22'374

Anwil

Arboldswil

Bezirk Waldenburg

Arisdorf

Population:1'703

Arlesheim

Bezirk Arlesheim

Population:9'309

Augst

Population:1'140

Bennwil

Bezirk Waldenburg

Biel-Benken

Bezirk Arlesheim

Population:3'550

Binningen

Bezirk Arlesheim

Population:16'245

Birsfelden

Bezirk Arlesheim

Population:10'401

Blauen

Böckten

Bottmingen

Bezirk Arlesheim

Population:7'007

Bretzwil

Bezirk Waldenburg

Brislach

Population:1'777

Bubendorf

Population:4'572

Buckten

444444454446+1 more

Burg im Leimental

Buus

Population:1'127

Diegten

Bezirk Waldenburg

Population:1'645

444744484456+1 more

Diepflingen

Dittingen

Duggingen

Population:1'648

Eptingen

Bezirk Waldenburg

Ettingen

Bezirk Arlesheim

Population:5'625

Frenkendorf

Population:6'756

Füllinsdorf

Population:4'804

Gelterkinden

Population:6'531

Giebenach

Population:1'183

Grellingen

Population:2'012

Häfelfingen

Hemmiken

Hersberg

Hölstein

Bezirk Waldenburg

Population:2'669

Itingen

Population:2'477

Känerkinden

Kilchberg

Lampenberg

Bezirk Waldenburg

Langenbruck

Bezirk Waldenburg

Läufelfingen

Population:1'419

444644484458+1 more

Laufen

Population:6'065

Lausen

Population:5'996

Lauwil

Bezirk Waldenburg

422944184426+1 more

Liedertswil

Bezirk Waldenburg

Liesberg

Population:1'124

Liestal

Population:16'081

Lupsingen

Population:1'554

Maisprach

Münchenstein

Bezirk Arlesheim

Population:12'662

Muttenz

Bezirk Arlesheim

Population:18'308

412741324133+1 more

Nenzlingen

Niederdorf

Bezirk Waldenburg

Population:1'823

Nusshof

Oberdorf

Bezirk Waldenburg

Population:2'579

Oberwil

Bezirk Arlesheim

Population:11'459

Oltingen

Ormalingen

Population:2'420

Pfeffingen

Bezirk Arlesheim

Population:2'432

Pratteln

Population:16'595

Ramlinsburg

Reigoldswil

Bezirk Waldenburg

Population:1'639

Reinach

Bezirk Arlesheim

Population:21'003

Rickenbach

Roggenburg

Röschenz

Population:1'960

Rothenfluh

Rümlingen

Rünenberg

Schönenbuch

Bezirk Arlesheim

Population:1'503

Seltisberg

Population:1'357

Sissach

Population:6'964

Tecknau

Tenniken

Therwil

Bezirk Arlesheim

Population:10'141

Thürnen

Population:1'482

Titterten

Bezirk Waldenburg

Wahlen

Population:1'653

Waldenburg

Bezirk Waldenburg

Population:1'132

Wenslingen

Wintersingen

Wittinsburg

Zeglingen

Ziefen

Population:1'740

Zunzgen

Population:2'788

Zwingen

Population:2'828

Vote results for Basel-Landschaft

BFS

27.09.2026Gesetzesinitiative Fairer Kompromiss bei der MehrwertabgabeCantonal BL● Rejected · 31.7% Yes

31.7% YesNo 68.3%

27.09.2026Gesetzesinitiative Fairer Kompromiss bei der Mehrwertabgabe: GegenvorschlagCantonal BL● Rejected · 43.9% Yes

43.9% YesNo 56.1%

27.09.2026Gesetzesinitiative Fairer Kompromiss bei der Mehrwertabgabe: StichfrageCantonal BL● Rejected · 36.3% Yes

36.3% YesNo 63.7%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% Yes

26.1% YesNo 73.9%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'For food security – through increased sustainable domestic production, more plant-based food and clean drinking water (Food Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 27.5% Yes

26.5% YesNo 73.5%

14.06.2026Verfassungsinitiative Zämme in EuropaCantonal BL● Accepted · 53.7% Yes

53.7% YesNo 46.3%

14.06.2026Gesetzesinitiative Energiepolitik nur mit der BevölkerungCantonal BL● Rejected · 44.4% Yes

44.4% YesNo 55.6%

14.06.2026Neue Ortsdurchfahrt BirsfeldenCantonal BL● Accepted · 56.2% Yes

56.2% YesNo 43.8%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% Yes

44.1% YesNo 55.9%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% Yes

52.1% YesNo 47.9%

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Frequently asked questions

How many municipalities does canton Basel-Landschaft have?: Canton Basel-Landschaft has 86 municipalities. The largest are Allschwil, Reinach, Muttenz.
What is the population of canton Basel-Landschaft?: Canton Basel-Landschaft has about 303'872 residents.
What is the capital of canton Basel-Landschaft?: The capital of canton Basel-Landschaft is Liestal.