What is Liestal?
{{Infobox Swiss town | subject_name = Liestal | municipality_name = Basel-Landschaft | image_photo = Vorstadt-2000.jpg | imagepath_coa = Coat of arms of Liestal.svg|pixel_coa= | map = Karte Gemeinde Liestal.png | languages = German | canton = Basel-Landschaft | iso-code-region = CH-BL | district = Liestal | coordinates={{coord|47|28|N|7|44|E|display=inline,title}} | postal_code = 4410 | municipality_code = 2829 | area = 18.19 | elevation = 326 | population = 13,771|populationof = December 2012 | website = http://www.liestal.ch/de/ | mayor = [[Lukas Ott]]|mayor_asof=2014|mayor_party=GPS | mayor_title = Stadtpräsident | demonym = | places = | neighboring_municipalities= [[Arisdorf]], [[Bubendorf]], [[Frenkendorf]], [[Füllinsdorf]], [[Hersberg]], [[Lausen]], [[Nuglar-St. Pantaleon]] (SO), [[Seltisberg]] | twintowns = [[Onex, Switzerland|Onex]] (Switzerland), [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]] (USA), [[Waldkirch]] (Germany) }} '''Liestal''' is a town in [[Switzerland]]. It is the capital of the [[Cantons of Switzerland|Swiss canton]] of [[Basel-Landschaft]]. It is {{convert|17|km|abbr=off}} south of [[Basel]]. As of December 2012, 13,771 people lived there.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.statistik.bl.ch/stabl_data/stabl_bv/index.php?thema_id=2&unterthema_id=58 |title=Cantonal Population Statistics |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2 September 2014 |website= |publisher=Statistical Office of Basel-Landschaft |accessdate=4 September 2014 |archive-date=6 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706222457/http://www.statistik.bl.ch/stabl_data/stabl_bv/index.php?thema_id=2&unterthema_id=58 |url-status=dead }}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == {{commons category-inline}} *[http://www.liestal.ch Official website of Liestal] {{in lang|de}} *{{HDS|1211}} {{Cantonal capitals of Switzerland}} {{Switzerland-stub}} [[Category:Municipalities in Liestal]] [[Category:Capital cities in Switzerland]]