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Bezirk Arlesheim

Basel-Landschaft

Bezirk Arlesheim is one of 5 districts of the canton of Basel-Landschaft and comprises 15 municipalities with 163'346 residents in all (BFS, 2025). A district is an administrative unit of the canton — a court and administrative area, not a postal delivery area: postal codes and localities follow delivery routes and can cross district borders.

Relief © swisstopo · TINITALY · geoland.at · LGL · IGN

Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 12.08.2026

Votes in Bezirk Arlesheim

district results as published by BFS
14.06.2026Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)FederalAccepted · 52.5% Yes
50.8% YesNo 49.2%
14.06.2026Volksinitiative «Keine 10-Millionen-Schweiz! (Nachhaltigkeitsinitiative)»FederalRejected · 45.2% Yes
39.2% YesNo 60.8%
14.06.2026Neue Ortsdurchfahrt BirsfeldenCantonal BLAccepted · 56.2% Yes
58.3% YesNo 41.7%
14.06.2026Gesetzesinitiative Energiepolitik nur mit der BevölkerungCantonal BLRejected · 44.4% Yes
41.9% YesNo 58.1%
14.06.2026Verfassungsinitiative Zämme in EuropaCantonal BLAccepted · 53.7% Yes
58.0% YesNo 42.0%
08.03.2026Bundesgesetz über die IndividualbesteuerungFederalAccepted · 54.3% Yes
55.4% YesNo 44.6%
08.03.2026Volksinitiative «200 Franken sind genug! (SRG-Initiative)»FederalRejected · 38.1% Yes
33.4% YesNo 66.6%
08.03.2026Bargeldinitiative und Gegenvorschlag: StichfrageFederalRejected · 37.4% Yes
34.5% YesNo 65.5%
All federal votes
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 12.08.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023 · sum of its municipalities
SP26.2% · strongest party
SP26.2%
SVP24.5%
FDP15.9%
Mitte12.1%
GRÜNE9.7%
GLP7.4%
EVP2.3%
Übrige1.5%
EDU0.4%
Pfeffingen
45 %
median of its municipalities
54 %
Birsfelden
62 %

A district has no tax rate of its own. Rates range from 45 % % in Pfeffingen to 62 % % in Birsfelden (median 54 % %).

Tax burden (single, CHF 100,000): 14.9 % in Pfeffingen to 16.4 % in Birsfelden (ESTV 2'026)

Vacancy rate
0.88 %
Dwellings
82'085
Avg. rooms
3.7
Built before 1946
11.9%

Vacancy rate: published by BFS for the district (2025) · Dwellings: sum of its municipalities (2024)

Population change

BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalities
Population change 2025
+1'447 +0.9%
births
1'162
deaths
1'610
net migration
+1'908
BEVNAT (Statistik der natürlichen Bevölkerungsbewegung) 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Economy

BFS · 2024 · sum of its municipalities
Jobs
86'455
Workplaces
9'982
Services share
76.2 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 666 (0.8%) · Secondary 19'893 (23.0%) · Tertiary 65'896 (76.2%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 11.09.2026

Agriculture

BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalities
Farms
123
Organic share
20.3 %
Farmland
3'210 ha
Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Climate · Terrain

MeteoSchweiz · swisstopo
Annual mean temperature
10.7 °C
Precipitation
925 mm
Elevation
245–763 m
Flat share
57.8%

Climate: area-weighted over its municipalities · Terrain: swissALTIRegio 40 m, zonal over the district polygon

Energy · Accessibility

BFE · ElCom · ARE
Solar potential
825 GWh
Electricity
31.2 Rp./kWh
Public transport to centre
26 min
Road to centre
17 min

Solar potential: sum of its municipalities · Electricity: median of its municipalities (31.20532.093 Rp./kWh, 2027). ElCom publishes a median per municipality; the district value is our median of those. · Accessibility: median of its municipalities

Map

swisstopo · OSM
Which municipalities belong to Bezirk Arlesheim?
Bezirk Arlesheim comprises 15 municipalities: Allschwil, Reinach, Muttenz, Binningen, Münchenstein, Oberwil, Aesch, Birsfelden, Therwil, Arlesheim, Bottmingen, Ettingen, Biel-Benken, Pfeffingen, Schönenbuch. Together they have 163'346 residents (BFS, 2025).
Which canton is Bezirk Arlesheim in?
Bezirk Arlesheim lies in the canton of Basel-Landschaft, which is divided into 5 districts.
How many people live in Bezirk Arlesheim?
Bezirk Arlesheim has 163'346 residents (BFS STATPOP, 2025) — the sum of its 15 municipalities; the largest is Allschwil with 22'374.
Does Bezirk Arlesheim have its own tax rate?
No. Tax rates are set by municipalities. In Bezirk Arlesheim the municipal rate ranges from 45 % (Pfeffingen) to 62 % (Birsfelden).
How did Bezirk Arlesheim vote in the latest federal vote?
On 14.06.2026, Bezirk Arlesheim voted 50.8 % yes on “Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)” (Accepted) — the district figure BFS publishes.

Districts exist in 17 cantons; UR, OW, NW, GL, ZG, BS, AI, NE and GE have no such level.