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Bezirk Waldenburg

Basel-Landschaft

Bezirk Waldenburg is one of 5 districts of the canton of Basel-Landschaft and comprises 15 municipalities with 16'547 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 Waldenburg

district results as published by BFS
14.06.2026Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)FederalAccepted · 52.5% Yes
57.3% YesNo 42.7%
14.06.2026Volksinitiative «Keine 10-Millionen-Schweiz! (Nachhaltigkeitsinitiative)»FederalRejected · 45.2% Yes
57.8% YesNo 42.2%
14.06.2026Neue Ortsdurchfahrt BirsfeldenCantonal BLAccepted · 56.2% Yes
48.3% YesNo 51.7%
14.06.2026Gesetzesinitiative Energiepolitik nur mit der BevölkerungCantonal BLRejected · 44.4% Yes
51.8% YesNo 48.2%
14.06.2026Verfassungsinitiative Zämme in EuropaCantonal BLAccepted · 53.7% Yes
40.5% YesNo 59.5%
08.03.2026Bundesgesetz über die IndividualbesteuerungFederalAccepted · 54.3% Yes
41.2% YesNo 58.8%
08.03.2026Volksinitiative «200 Franken sind genug! (SRG-Initiative)»FederalRejected · 38.1% Yes
44.1% YesNo 55.9%
08.03.2026Bargeldinitiative und Gegenvorschlag: StichfrageFederalRejected · 37.4% Yes
44.6% YesNo 55.4%
All federal votes
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 12.08.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023 · sum of its municipalities
SVP42.0% · strongest party
SVP42.0%
SP18.7%
FDP10.0%
GRÜNE9.0%
Mitte7.5%
GLP5.4%
EVP4.4%
Übrige1.9%
EDU1.0%
Liedertswil
55 %
median of its municipalities
63 %
Waldenburg
72 %

A district has no tax rate of its own. Rates range from 55 % % in Liedertswil to 72 % % in Waldenburg (median 63 % %).

Tax burden (single, CHF 100,000): 15.8 % in Liedertswil to 17.4 % in Waldenburg (ESTV 2'026)

Vacancy rate
0.54 %
Dwellings
8'079
Avg. rooms
4.1
Built before 1946
32.1%

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
+125 +0.8%
births
113
deaths
134
net migration
+161
BEVNAT (Statistik der natürlichen Bevölkerungsbewegung) 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Economy

BFS · 2024 · sum of its municipalities
Jobs
5'462
Workplaces
1'174
Services share
56.4 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 633 (11.6%) · Secondary 1'751 (32.1%) · Tertiary 3'078 (56.4%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 11.09.2026

Agriculture

BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalities
Farms
211
Organic share
21.8 %
Farmland
5'435 ha
Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Climate · Terrain

MeteoSchweiz · swisstopo
Annual mean temperature
9 °C
Precipitation
1'137 mm
Elevation
390–1'163 m
Flat share
7.3%

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

Energy · Accessibility

BFE · ElCom · ARE
Solar potential
138 GWh
Electricity
25.7 Rp./kWh
Public transport to centre
52 min
Road to centre
34 min

Solar potential: sum of its municipalities · Electricity: median of its municipalities (25.69731.205 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 Waldenburg?
Bezirk Waldenburg comprises 15 municipalities: Hölstein, Oberdorf, Niederdorf, Diegten, Reigoldswil, Waldenburg, Langenbruck, Bretzwil, Bennwil, Arboldswil, Lampenberg, Eptingen, Titterten, Lauwil, Liedertswil. Together they have 16'547 residents (BFS, 2025).
Which canton is Bezirk Waldenburg in?
Bezirk Waldenburg lies in the canton of Basel-Landschaft, which is divided into 5 districts.
How many people live in Bezirk Waldenburg?
Bezirk Waldenburg has 16'547 residents (BFS STATPOP, 2025) — the sum of its 15 municipalities; the largest is Hölstein with 2'669.
Does Bezirk Waldenburg have its own tax rate?
No. Tax rates are set by municipalities. In Bezirk Waldenburg the municipal rate ranges from 55 % (Liedertswil) to 72 % (Waldenburg).
How did Bezirk Waldenburg vote in the latest federal vote?
On 14.06.2026, Bezirk Waldenburg voted 57.3 % 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.