Liestal District

Liestal District is one of the five districts of the largely German-speaking canton of Basel-Country, . The city of serves as capital of both the district of Liestal and the canton of Basel-Country. It has a population of 62,086.
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  • Type: district in Switzerland with 62,100 residents
  • Description: district in Switzerland
  • Also known as: Bezirk Liestal

Places of Interest

Highlights include Liestal railway station and Cantonal library of the Basel-Landschaft.

Railway station
is a railway station in , in the and . The station is on the Swiss Federal Railway's Hauenstein main line, which connects and .

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 standard gauge Hauenstein line of Swiss Federal Railways.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Liestal and Pratteln.

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
is a municipality in the canton of in , located in the district of Liestal. is situated 5 km northwest of Liestal District.

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

Liestal District

Latitude
47.4812° or 47° 28′ 53″ north
Longitude
7.7271° or 7° 43′ 38″ east
Population
62,100
Elevation
366 metres (1,201 feet)
Open location code
8FV9FPJG+FV
Geo­Names ID
6458854
Wiki­data ID
Q659800
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Liestal District” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: ليستال
  • Asturian: Distritu de Liestal
  • Asturian: Liestal
  • Basque: Liestal barrutia
  • Catalan: districte de Liestal
  • Catalan: Districte de Liestal
  • Cebuano: Bezirk Liestal
  • Chinese: Liestal Koān
  • Chinese: 利斯塔尔区
  • Chinese: 利斯塔爾區
  • Chuvash: Листаль
  • Czech: Okres Liestal
  • Dutch: Liestal
  • Esperanto: Distrikto Liestal
  • Esperanto: Liestal
  • French: district de Liestal
  • French: District de Liestal
  • German: Bezirk Liestal
  • German: Liestal
  • Greek: διαμέρισμα του Λίσταλ
  • Italian: distretto di Liestal
  • Italian: Distretto di Liestal
  • Italian: Liestal
  • Japanese: リースタル区
  • Lombard: Liestal
  • Luxembourgish: Bezierk Liestal
  • Min Nan Chinese: Liestal Koān
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Distiktet Liestal
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Distriktet Liestal
  • Persian: بخش لستل
  • Polish: Okręg Liestal
  • Portuguese: Distrito de Liestal
  • Russian: Листаль
  • Spanish: Distrito de Liestal
  • Swedish: Liestal
  • Swiss German: Bezirk Liestal
  • Swiss German: Lieschtel
  • Tosk Albanian: Bezirk Liestal
  • Ukrainian: Лісталь (округ)
  • Ukrainian: Лісталь
  • Ukrainian: Округ Лісталь
  • Venetian: Distreto de Liestal
  • Vietnamese: Liestal
  • Waray (Philippines): Liestal

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Tierpark Weihermätteli and Kantonsspital Baselland, Standort Liestal.

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