Liestal

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Liestal
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Liestal
Liestal Show map of Switzerland Liestal Show map of Canton of Basel-Landschaft
Coordinates: 47°28′N 7°44′E / 47.467°N 7.733°E / 47.467; 7.733
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Basel-Landschaft
District	Liestal
Government
• Executive	Stadtrat with 5 members
• Mayor	Stadtpräsident (list) Lukas Ott GPS/PES (as of March 2014)
• Parliament	Einwohnerrat with 40 members
Area [1]
• Total	18.19 km2 (7.02 sq mi)
Elevation	327 m (1,073 ft)
Population  (31 December 2018)[2]
• Total	14,390
• Density	790/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	4410
SFOS number	2829
ISO 3166 code	CH-BL
Surrounded by	Arisdorf, Bubendorf, Frenkendorf, Füllinsdorf, Hersberg, Lausen, Nuglar-St. Pantaleon (SO), Seltisberg
Twin towns	Onex (Switzerland), Sacramento (US), Waldkirch (Germany)
Website	www.liestal.ch SFSO statistics

Liestal (Alemannic German: [ˈliə̯ʃd̥l̩], Standard German: [ˈliːstal]), formerly spelled Liesthal, is the capital of Liestal District and the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland, 17 km (11 mi) south of Basel.

Liestal is an industrial town with a cobbled-street Old Town.

The official language of Liestal is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect.