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Basel-Landschaft
- Capital
- Liestal
- Joined the Confederation
- 1501
- Official language
- German
- Population
- approx. 290'000
- Municipalities
- 86
Basel-Landschaft is a Swiss canton with capital Liestal, which joined the Confederation in 1501. Explore the cantonal coat of arms and collect the crests of its municipalities.
Blazon
Argent, a bishop's crook gules, the crook with seven points.
Origin & meaning
At the 1832/33 separation from Basel, the rural half-canton took the Baselstab in red, set apart from the city's black crook by its points.
The flag
The square cantonal flag is white with the red, embattled Baselstab.
Sources
- Mühlemann, L. (1991). Wappen und Fahnen der Schweiz. Bühler-Verlag.
- Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz — «Basel-Landschaft».
Neighbouring cantons
Municipalities
- Liestal
- Aesch (BL)
- Allschwil
- Anwil
- Arboldswil
- Arisdorf
- Arlesheim
- Augst
- Bennwil
- Biel-Benken
- Binningen
- Birsfelden
- Blauen
- Böckten
- Bottmingen
- Bretzwil
- Brislach
- Bubendorf
- Buckten
- Burg im Leimental
- Buus
- Diegten
- Diepflingen
- Dittingen
- Duggingen
- Eptingen
- Ettingen
- Frenkendorf
- Füllinsdorf
- Gelterkinden
- Giebenach
- Grellingen
- Häfelfingen
- Hemmiken
- Hersberg
- Hölstein
- Itingen
- Känerkinden
- Kilchberg (BL)
- Lampenberg
- Langenbruck
- Läufelfingen
- Laufen
- Lausen
- Lauwil
- Liedertswil
- Liesberg
- Lupsingen
- Maisprach
- Münchenstein
- Muttenz
- Nenzlingen
- Niederdorf
- Nusshof
- Oberdorf (BL)
- Oberwil (BL)
- Oltingen
- Ormalingen
- Pfeffingen
- Pratteln
- Ramlinsburg
- Reigoldswil
- Reinach (BL)
- Rickenbach (BL)
- Roggenburg
- Röschenz
- Rothenfluh
- Rümlingen
- Rünenberg
- Schönenbuch
- Seltisberg
- Sissach
- Tecknau
- Tenniken
- Therwil
- Thürnen
- Titterten
- Wahlen
- Waldenburg
- Wenslingen
- Wintersingen
- Wittinsburg
- Zeglingen
- Ziefen
- Zunzgen
- Zwingen