Bezirk Liestal
Basel-LandschaftBezirk Liestal is one of 5 districts of the canton of Basel-Landschaft and comprises 14 municipalities with 64'606 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.
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Municipalities in Bezirk Liestal
BFS · 14Votes in Bezirk Liestal
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 52 % % in Ramlinsburg to 65 % % in Liestal (median 58.8 % %).
Tax burden (single, CHF 100,000): 15.5 % in Ramlinsburg to 16.7 % in Liestal (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 (22.931–31.205 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 Liestal rank
sum of its municipalities5 of these postal codes reach across the district border.
Map
swisstopo · OSM- Which municipalities belong to Bezirk Liestal?
- Bezirk Liestal comprises 14 municipalities: Pratteln, Liestal, Frenkendorf, Lausen, Füllinsdorf, Bubendorf, Ziefen, Arisdorf, Lupsingen, Seltisberg, Giebenach, Augst, Ramlinsburg, Hersberg. Together they have 64'606 residents (BFS, 2025).
- Which canton is Bezirk Liestal in?
- Bezirk Liestal lies in the canton of Basel-Landschaft, which is divided into 5 districts.
- How many people live in Bezirk Liestal?
- Bezirk Liestal has 64'606 residents (BFS STATPOP, 2025) — the sum of its 14 municipalities; the largest is Pratteln with 16'595.
- Does Bezirk Liestal have its own tax rate?
- No. Tax rates are set by municipalities. In Bezirk Liestal the municipal rate ranges from 52 % (Ramlinsburg) to 65 % (Liestal).
- How did Bezirk Liestal vote in the latest federal vote?
- On 27.09.2026, Bezirk Liestal voted 27.7 % yes on “Popular Initiative 'For food security – through increased sustainable domestic production, more plant-based food and clean drinking water (Food Initiative)'” (Rejected) — the district figure BFS publishes.
Districts exist in 17 cantons; UR, OW, NW, GL, ZG, BS, AI, NE and GE have no such level.