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Pratteln
Basel-Landschafttown
Pratteln
Total population
15,323
Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Pratteln is a municipality in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland, located in the district of Liestal.
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History
Pratteln is first mentioned around 1102-03 as Bratello.
Geography
Pratteln has an area, , of . Of this area, or 27.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 28.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 43.1% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.9% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.4% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 10.8% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 14.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 11.7%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.9% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 2.9%. Out of the forested land, 25.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 13.8% is used for growing crops and 10.5% is pastures, while 3.4% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. The municipality is located in the Liestal district. The old, star-shaped village is located at the foot of Mt. Adlerberg. It has expanded down into the Rhine valley, with a new settlement and industrial development.
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Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
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Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Earthquake history
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Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Basel-Landschaft
- Frenkendorf1.4 mi away · pop. 6,394
- Augst BL1.6 mi away · pop. 902
- Giebenach2.4 mi away · pop. 1,068
- Birsfelden3.8 mi away · pop. 10,277
- Seltisberg4.2 mi away · pop. 1,217
- Lausen4.4 mi away · pop. 4,645
- Hersberg4.5 mi away · pop. 330
- Lupsingen5 mi away · pop. 1,509
- Nusshof5.5 mi away · pop. 264
- Binningen5.9 mi away · pop. 14,905
- Ziefen6.1 mi away · pop. 1,572
- Duggingen6.2 mi away · pop. 1,162
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Public attention
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Books about Pratteln
Search results from Open Library.
Recent natural events nearby
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Official Identifiers
BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office
- BFS-Nr
- 2831
- Population (Wikidata)
- 16,621
- Wikidata
- Q64679
Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Elevation
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
- • BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771