Basel Country BL
Political representation at cantonal level
Cantonal government:
Cantonal parliament:
Political representation in the national parliament
House of Representatives:
Swiss People’s Party (2 seats):
Caspar Baader, Christian Miesch
Social Democratic Party (2 seats):
Claude Janiak, Susanne Leutenegger Oberholzer
Radical Party (1 seat):
Hans Rudolf Gysin
Green Party (1 seat):
Maya Graf
Christian Democratic Party (1 seat):
Walter Jermann
Senate:
Hans Fünfschilling, Radical Party
Adrian Balmer, Sabine Pegoraro
Jörg Krähenbühl
Peter Zwick
Urs Wüthrich
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Capital: Liestal
Area: 517 km2
Number of communes: 86
Resident population (2005): 264’700
Foreign population (2005): 18.2%
Per capita income (2004): SFr. 51’915
Unemployment rate (2006): 2.9%
Date of entry into the Swiss Confederation: 1501
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