Basel-Landschaft, also called Basel-Country or Baselland, is a canton in the north of Switzerland and one of the 26 cantons of the Swiss Confederation. It is made up of five districts and its capital is Liestal. The canton lies mostly south of the Rhine and north of the Jura Mountains, and it borders Basel-Stadt, Aargau, Solothurn and Jura, as well as France and Germany. Traditionally it is counted as a half-canton, paired with its urban counterpart Basel-Stadt. The two were once a single canton of Basel, which joined the Old Swiss Confederacy in 1501, until political quarrels and armed conflict led to its partition in 1833. About 303,800 people lived there at the end of 2025.
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Has Capital
Source Statoids: Cantons of Switzerland (Statoids)
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1. City Population: Switzerland: Administrative Division (citypopulation.de)
City PopulationCantons and Districts table, 2025 estimate columnQuote, Cantons and Districts table, 2025 estimate column
Basel-Landschaft [ Basel-Country ] Canton 233,447 248,484 259,374 274,404 290,969 303,809
2. Statoids: Cantons of Switzerland (Statoids)
StatoidsPrimary subdivisions table, area column
Basel-Landschaft CH.BL SZ03 CH032 274,404 428 165 g Liestal
Has Capital: Liestal, Primary subdivisions table, capital column
Basel-Landschaft CH.BL SZ03 CH032 274,404 428 165 g Liestal
View the Source Basel-Landschaft (Wikipedia)
Part Of: Switzerland, Lead
is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation
In Group: Cantons (World), Lead, canton status
is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation
View the SourceSwitzerland (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationOn Continent: Europe, Switzerland article, leadQuote, On Continent: Europe, Switzerland article, lead
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located at the intersection of Central, Western, and Southern Europe.
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