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Basel-Landschaft

Canton of Basel-Landschaft or Basel-Country, informally known as Baselland or Baselbiet, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of five districts and its capital city is .
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  • Type: State with 293,000 residents
  • Description: canton of Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Bâle-Campagne”, “Basel-Country”, “Baselbiet”, “Baselland”, “Basle-Campagne”, “Basle-Country”, “BL”, “Canton of Basel-Country”, “Canton of Basel-Land”, “Canton of Basel-Landschaft”, “CH032”, “Kanton Basel-Land”, and “Kanton Basel-Landschaft”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Reichenstein Castle and Fortified Church of St. Arbogast.

Castle
Photo: Amada44, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a castle in the in the canton of Basel-Land in . It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

Church
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The in the in the canton of Basel-Land is the only church in Switzerland that is surrounded by a defensive wall.

Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Huligan0, Public domain.
is a scenic viewpoint.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Liestal and Muttenz.

Photo: Umschattiger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an industrial town with a cobbled-street Old Town in , not far from . It is the capital of the Basel-Landschaft canton, and was home to about 14,000 people in 2018.

Town
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is a municipality with a population of about 17,000 in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. It is in the district of Arlesheim, next to the city of .

Town
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a municipality in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in , located in the district of Liestal.

Basel-Landschaft

Latitude
47.5093° or 47° 30′ 34″ north
Longitude
7.6588° or 7° 39′ 32″ east
Population
293,000
Elevation
378 metres (1,240 feet)
Abbreviation
“BL”
Open location code
8FV9GM55+PG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 313870659
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
2661603
Wiki­data ID
Q12146
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Basel-Landschaft” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Kanton Basel-Land”
  • Albanian: “Kantoni Basel-Landschaft”
  • Arabic: “كانتون بازل الريف”
  • Arabic: “كانتون ريف بازل”
  • Aragonese: “Cantón de Basilea-Campanya”
  • Armenian: “Բազել-Լանդ”
  • Arpitan: “Bâla-Campagne”
  • Arpitan: “Quenton de Bâla-Campagne”
  • Asturian: “Basel-Landschaft”
  • Asturian: “Cantón de Basel-Landschaft”
  • Balinese: “Kanton Basel-Negeri”
  • Basque: “Basilea Herrialdea”
  • Belarusian: “Базель-Ланд”
  • Belarusian: “Базэль-Лянд”
  • Belarusian: “Кантон Базель-Ланд”
  • Bengali: “ব্যাসেল-ল্যান্ড”
  • Bosnian: “Basel-provincija”
  • Breton: “Kanton Basel-Landschaft”
  • Bulgarian: “Базел Ландшафт”
  • Catalan: “Basilea-Camp”
  • Cebuano: “Kanton Basel-Landschaft”
  • Chinese: “Basel-Landschaft Chiu”
  • Chinese: “巴塞尔乡村州”
  • Chinese: “巴塞爾鄉村州”
  • Chuvash: “Базель-Ланд”
  • Corsican: “Basilea Campagna”
  • Corsican: “Cantone di Basilea Campagna”
  • Croatian: “Basel-Landschaft”
  • Czech: “Basilej-venkov”
  • Danish: “Basel-Landschaft”
  • Dutch: “Basel-Landschaft”
  • Dutch: “Bazel-Land”
  • Esperanto: “Bazelo Kampara”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Bazelo Kampara”
  • Estonian: “Basel-Landschaft”
  • Estonian: “Basel-Landschafti kanton”
  • Finnish: “Basel-Landschaft”
  • French: “Bâle Campagne”
  • French: “Bale-Campagne”
  • French: “Bâle-Campagne”
  • French: “Basel-Land”
  • French: “Basel-Landschaft”
  • French: “BL”
  • French: “canton de Bale-Campagne”
  • French: “canton de Bâle-Campagne”
  • French: “Canton de Bâle-Campagne”
  • Galician: “Basilea-Campo”
  • Georgian: “ბაზელ-ლანდის კანტონი”
  • German: “Basel-Land”
  • German: “Basel-Landschaft”
  • German: “Baselbiet”
  • German: “Baselland”
  • German: “BL”
  • German: “Kanton Basel-Land”
  • German: “Kanton Basel-Landschaft”
  • German: “Kanton Baselland”
  • Greek: “Καντόνι Βασιλείας - επαρχία”
  • Greek: “Καντόνι της Μπάζελ-Λάντσαφτ”
  • Gujarati: “બેસલ-લેન્ડ”
  • Hebrew: “בזל-לנדשאפט”
  • Hindi: “बासल-लान्डशाफ़्ट कैन्टन”
  • Hindi: “बेसल-लैंड”
  • Hungarian: “Basel-Landschaft kanton”
  • Iloko: “Basel-Landschaft”
  • Indonesian: “Kanton Basel-Negeri”
  • Interlingue: “Canton de Basel-Campania”
  • Irish: “Basel-Landschaft”
  • Irish: “cantún Basel-Landschaft”
  • Italian: “Basilea Campagna”
  • Italian: “Canton Basilea Campagna”
  • Japanese: “バーゼル＝ラント準州”
  • Javanese: “Basel-Landschaft”
  • Kannada: “ಬಸೆಲ್-ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್”
  • Kazakh: “Базель-Ланд”
  • Korean: “바젤란트 주”
  • Korean: “바젤란트”
  • Korean: “바젤란트주”
  • Kurdish: “Basel-Landschaft”
  • Ladin: “Basel-Landschaft”
  • Latin: “Pagus Basilea rus”
  • Latin: “Pagus Basilia rus”
  • Latvian: “Bāzeles lauku kantons”
  • Limburgan: “Bazel-Land”
  • Lingala: “Bâle-Mbóka”
  • Lithuanian: “Bazelio sritis”
  • Lombard: “Canton Basileja Campagna”
  • Macedonian: “Базел-краина”
  • Malay: “Basel-Landschaft”
  • Marathi: “बासल-लांडशाफ्ट”
  • Mazanderani: “بازل-لاندشافت”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Basel-Landschaft Chiu”
  • Northern Frisian: “Basel-Landschaft”
  • Northern Sami: “Basel-Landschaft”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Basel-Landschaft”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Basel-Landschaft”
  • Norwegian: “Basel-Landschaft”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Basel-Landschaft”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Basilèa-Campanha”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Canton de Basilèa-Campanha”
  • Ossetian: “Базель-Ланд”
  • Persian: “بازل-لاندشافت”
  • Persian: “کانتون بازل-لاندشافت”
  • Piemontese: “Basilea-Campagna”
  • Polish: “Bazylea-Okręg”
  • Portuguese: “Basileia-Campo”
  • Pushto: “بازل”
  • Romanian: “Cantonul Basel-Provincie”
  • Romansh: “Basilea-Champagna”
  • Romansh: “Basilea-Tiara.”
  • Romansh: “Chantun Basilea-Champagna”
  • Russian: “Базель-Ланд”
  • Scots: “Basel-Landschaft”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Basel-Landschaft”
  • Serbian: “Кантон Базел-провинција”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Basel-Landschaft”
  • Sicilian: “Canton Basilea-Campagna”
  • Sinhala: “බසෙල්-ලෑන්ඩ්”
  • Slovak: “Bazilej-vidiek”
  • Slovenian: “Kanton Basel-Landschaft”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بازل-لاندشافت”
  • Spanish: “Basilea-Campiña”
  • Spanish: “Cantón de Basilea-Campiña”
  • Swahili: “Jimbo la Basel”
  • Swedish: “Basel-Landschaft”
  • Swiss German: “Baselbiet”
  • Tamil: “பாஸல் -லேண்ட்”
  • Telugu: “బేసెల-లాండ్”
  • Thai: “รัฐบาเซิล-ลันท์ชัฟท์”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Kanton Basel-Landschaft”
  • Turkish: “Bâle-Campagne”
  • Turkish: “Basel-Landschaft”
  • Turkish: “Baselbiet”
  • Turkish: “Baselland”
  • Turkish: “Basilea Campagna”
  • Turkish: “Basilea-Champagna”
  • Turkish: “Basilia rus”
  • Turkish: “BL”
  • Turkish: “canton de Bâle-Campagne”
  • Ukrainian: “Базель-Ланд”
  • Urdu: “بازل-لاندشافت”
  • Venetian: “Canton Baxilea Canpagna”
  • Vietnamese: “Basel-Landschaft”
  • Vietnamese: “BL”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Basel-Landschaft”
  • Welsh: “Basel Wledig”
  • Western Panjabi: “باسل دیس”
  • Wu Chinese: “巴塞尔乡村州”
  • Yue Chinese: “巴塞爾鄉村州”

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