Pratteln

Pratteln (Swiss German: Brattele) is a municipality in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland, located in the district of Liestal. Pratteln is first mentioned around 1102-03 as Bratello. 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. The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, an Eagle displayed Sable fesswise, langued, beaked and membered Gules, bordered Sable. Pratteln has a population () of . , 36.4% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of -0.8%. Most of the population () speaks German (11,408 or 76.5%), with Italian language being second most common (1,071 or 7.2%) and Turkish being third (581 or 3.9%). There are 184 people who speak French and 17 people who speak Romansh. the gender distribution of the population was 49.7% male and 50.3% female. The population was made up of 9,604 Swiss citizens (63.0% of the population), and 5,634 non-Swiss residents (37.