Sissach District

Sissach District is one of the five districts of the largely German-speaking canton of Basel-Country in . It has a population of 36,331. The district occupies the western portion of Basel-Country, bordering the neighbouring cantons of canton of Aargau and .
Wikipedia
  • Type: district in Switzerland with 36,300 residents
  • Description: district in Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Bezirk Sissach”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Scheidegg Castle Ruins and Gelterkinden railway station.

Castle
Photo: Kingmiwok, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Railway station
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is a railway station in the municipality of , in the canton of Basel-Landschaft. It is an intermediate stop on the base tunnel branch of the standard gauge Hauenstein line of Swiss Federal Railways.

Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
is a railway station in the municipality of , in the canton of Basel-Landschaft. It is an intermediate stop on the base tunnel branch of the standard gauge Hauenstein line of Swiss Federal Railways.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gelterkinden and Sissach.

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Sissach in the canton of Basel-Country in .

Village
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is a municipality and the capital of the district of in the canton of Basel-Country, . is situated 3½ km northwest of Sissach District.

Village
is a municipality in the district of Sissach in the canton of Basel-Country in . is situated 3½ km west of Sissach District.

Sissach District

Latitude
47.4424° or 47° 26′ 33″ north
Longitude
7.8487° or 7° 50′ 55″ east
Population
36,300
Elevation
467 metres (1,532 feet)
Open location code
8FV9CRRX+WF
Geo­Names ID
6458823
Wiki­data ID
Q660249
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Sissach District” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سيساش”
  • Asturian: “Distritu de Sissach”
  • Asturian: “Sissach”
  • Basque: “Sissach barrutia”
  • Catalan: “districte de Sissach”
  • Catalan: “Districte de Sissach”
  • Cebuano: “Bezirk Sissach”
  • Chinese: “Sissach Koān”
  • Chuvash: “Зиссах”
  • Czech: “Okres Sissach”
  • Dutch: “District Sissach”
  • Dutch: “Sissach”
  • Esperanto: “Distrikto Sissach”
  • Esperanto: “Sissach”
  • French: “district de Sissach”
  • French: “District de Sissach”
  • German: “Bezirk Sissach”
  • German: “Sissach”
  • Italian: “distretto di Sissach”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Sissach”
  • Italian: “Sissach”
  • Lombard: “Sissach”
  • Luxembourgish: “Bezierk Sissach”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sissach Koān”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Distriktet Sissach”
  • Polish: “Okręg Sissach”
  • Portuguese: “Distrito de Sissach”
  • Russian: “Зиссах”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Sissach”
  • Swedish: “Sissach”
  • Swiss German: “Bezirk Sissach”
  • Swiss German: “Sissech”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Bezirk Sissach”
  • Ukrainian: “Зіссах (округ)”
  • Ukrainian: “Зіссах”
  • Ukrainian: “Округ Зіссах”
  • Venetian: “Distreto de Sissach”
  • Vietnamese: “Sissach”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Sissach”

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Notable Places Nearby

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