Bezirk Arlesheim
Basel-LandschaftBezirk 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.
Votes in Bezirk Arlesheim
district results as published by BFSPolitics
National Council election 2023 · sum of its municipalitiesTax rate in the district
ESTV 2026A 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)
Housing
BFSVacancy rate: published by BFS for the district (2025) · Dwellings: sum of its municipalities (2024)
Population change
BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalitiesEconomy
BFS · 2024 · sum of its municipalitiesAgriculture
BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalitiesClimate · Terrain
MeteoSchweiz · swisstopoClimate: area-weighted over its municipalities · Terrain: swissALTIRegio 40 m, zonal over the district polygon
Energy · Accessibility
BFE · ElCom · ARESolar potential: sum of its municipalities · Electricity: median of its municipalities (31.205–32.093 Rp./kWh, 2027). ElCom publishes a median per municipality; the district value is our median of those. · Accessibility: median of its municipalities
Where the municipalities of Bezirk Arlesheim rank
sum of its municipalities3 of these postal codes reach across the district border.
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.