Liestal
Municipality in Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Liestal (Alemannic German: [ˈliə̯ʃd̥l̩], Standard German: [ˈliːstal]), formerly spelled Liesthal, is the capital of Liestal District and the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland, 17 km (11 mi) south of Basel.
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Coordinates: 47°28′N 7°44′E | |
Country | Switzerland |
Canton | Basel-Landschaft |
District | Liestal |
Government | |
• Executive | Stadtrat with 5 members |
• Mayor | Stadtpräsident (list) Lukas Ott GPS/PES (as of March 2014) |
• Parliament | Einwohnerrat with 40 members |
Area | |
• Total | 18.19 km2 (7.02 sq mi) |
Elevation | 327 m (1,073 ft) |
Population (31 December 2018)[2] | |
• Total | 14,390 |
• Density | 790/km2 (2,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
Postal code(s) | 4410 |
SFOS number | 2829 |
ISO 3166 code | CH-BL |
Surrounded by | Arisdorf, Bubendorf, Frenkendorf, Füllinsdorf, Hersberg, Lausen, Nuglar-St. Pantaleon (SO), Seltisberg |
Twin towns | Onex (Switzerland), Sacramento (US), Waldkirch (Germany) |
Website | www SFSO statistics |
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Liestal is an industrial town with a cobbled-street Old Town.
The official language of Liestal is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect.