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Bezirk Liestal

Basel-Landschaft

Bezirk 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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Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 12.08.2026

Votes in Bezirk Liestal

district results as published by BFS
14.06.2026Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)FederalAccepted · 52.5% Yes
51.8% YesNo 48.2%
14.06.2026Volksinitiative «Keine 10-Millionen-Schweiz! (Nachhaltigkeitsinitiative)»FederalRejected · 45.2% Yes
43.9% YesNo 56.1%
14.06.2026Neue Ortsdurchfahrt BirsfeldenCantonal BLAccepted · 56.2% Yes
56.9% YesNo 43.1%
14.06.2026Gesetzesinitiative Energiepolitik nur mit der BevölkerungCantonal BLRejected · 44.4% Yes
45.4% YesNo 54.7%
14.06.2026Verfassungsinitiative Zämme in EuropaCantonal BLAccepted · 53.7% Yes
53.0% YesNo 47.0%
08.03.2026Bundesgesetz über die IndividualbesteuerungFederalAccepted · 54.3% Yes
52.1% YesNo 47.9%
08.03.2026Volksinitiative «200 Franken sind genug! (SRG-Initiative)»FederalRejected · 38.1% Yes
35.8% YesNo 64.3%
08.03.2026Bargeldinitiative und Gegenvorschlag: StichfrageFederalRejected · 37.4% Yes
36.2% YesNo 63.8%
All federal votes
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 12.08.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023 · sum of its municipalities
SVP28.9% · strongest party
SVP28.9%
SP26.8%
FDP13.2%
GRÜNE10.4%
Mitte8.2%
GLP7.5%
EVP2.7%
Übrige1.6%
EDU0.6%
Ramlinsburg
52 %
median of its municipalities
58.8 %
Liestal
65 %

A 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)

Vacancy rate
0.82 %
Dwellings
31'477
Avg. rooms
3.7
Built before 1946
14.8%

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
+524 +0.8%
births
534
deaths
555
net migration
+598
BEVNAT (Statistik der natürlichen Bevölkerungsbewegung) 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Economy

BFS · 2024 · sum of its municipalities
Jobs
46'856
Workplaces
4'618
Services share
73.2 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 357 (0.8%) · Secondary 12'159 (25.9%) · Tertiary 34'313 (73.2%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 11.09.2026

Agriculture

BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalities
Farms
114
Organic share
12.3 %
Farmland
2'817 ha
Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Climate · Terrain

MeteoSchweiz · swisstopo
Annual mean temperature
10.3 °C
Precipitation
996 mm
Elevation
254–756 m
Flat share
27.7%

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

Energy · Accessibility

BFE · ElCom · ARE
Solar potential
423 GWh
Electricity
25.7 Rp./kWh
Public transport to centre
38 min
Road to centre
24 min

Solar potential: sum of its municipalities · Electricity: median of its municipalities (22.93131.205 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 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 14.06.2026, Bezirk Liestal voted 51.8 % 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.