Editing Basel-Landschaft (section)

==Political subdivisions==
The nine municipalities of the ''Arlesheim'' district used to belong to the [[diocese of Basel]]. In 1792 French troops occupied the district and in 1793 the lands were annexed by France, which explains the linguistic switch of the Family of the House of Basel's name from "von Basel" to "de Bâle", since Arlesheim holds their manor. In 1815 at the [[Congress of Vienna]] the district joined Basel.

The district of ''Laufental'' has the same history as that of ''Arlesheim''. The important difference is that in 1815 Laufental joined [[Canton of Bern|Bern]] rather than Basel. When the canton of Jura was created in 1979, the district of Laufental became an enclave of the canton of Bern. It was allowed self- determination and in 1980 the people decided to join the canton of Basel-Landschaft. This led to ''Laufental'' joining the canton of Basel-Landschaft on 1 January 1994 after a lengthy administrative process.

===Districts===
[[File:Karte Kanton Baselland Bezirke.png|thumb|Districts of Canton Basel-Landschaft]]
There are 5 areas (Bezirke) in Basel-Landschaft ({{as of|{{Swiss populations Y|CH-BL}}|lc=on}}):
*[[Arlesheim (district)|Arlesheim]] (''Pop:'' {{Swiss populations|CH-BL|B1301}} ) capital: [[Arlesheim]] (''Pop:'' {{Swiss populations|CH-BL|2763}})
*[[Laufen (district)|Laufen]] (''Pop:'' {{Swiss populations|CH-BL|B1302}}) capital: [[Laufen, Basel-Country|Laufen]] (''Pop:'' {{Swiss populations|CH-BL|2787}})
*[[Liestal (district)|Liestal]] (''Pop:'' {{Swiss populations|CH-BL|B1303}}) capital: [[Liestal]] (''Pop:'' {{Swiss populations|CH-BL|2829}})
*[[Sissach (district)|Sissach]] (''Pop:'' {{Swiss populations|CH-BL|B1304}}) capital: [[Sissach]] (''Pop:'' {{Swiss populations|CH-BL|2861}})
*[[Waldenburg (district)|Waldenburg]] (''Pop:'' {{Swiss populations|CH-BL|B1305}}) capital: [[Waldenburg, Switzerland|Waldenburg]] (''Pop:'' {{Swiss populations|CH-BL|2895}})

===Municipalities===
{{Main|Municipalities of the canton of Basel-Landschaft}}
There are 86 [[Municipalities of the canton of Basel-Country|municipalities in the canton]] ({{As of|2009}}).<ref name="Document90142">{{cite web | url=http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/fr/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/03.Document.90142.xls | title=Liste officielle des communes de la Suisse - 01.01.2008 | work=Office fédéral de la statistique | access-date=15 December 2008 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612012604/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/fr/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/03.Document.90142.xls | archive-date=12 June 2009 }}</ref>