After three years of political agitation and a short civil war in 1833 the disadvantaged countryside seceded from the Canton of Basel, forming the half canton of Basel-Landschaft.

There are well-preserved remains at the site of Augusta Raurica in the canton of Basel-Landschaft.

The lands of the canton Basel-Landschaft are part of the lands acquired by the city of Basel.

They ultimately led to the separation of the canton Basel-Landschaft from the city of Basel on 26 August 1833.

The canton of Basel-Landschaft lies in the north of Switzerland.

Since the decision to remain independent from Basel-Stadt in 1969 there have been a number of requests in the parliament for Basel-Landschaft to become a full canton.

In 1988 the canton of Basel-Landschaft had this aim written into its constitution.

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.

If Rauricum is to be identified with the Roman settlement, Augusta Raurica, modern Augst in Basel-Landschaft canton of Switzerland, Pliny must be confusing the Rhine and its tributaries with the Danube.

They ultimately led to the separation of the canton Basel-Landschaft from the city of Basel on 26 August 1833.

The canton of Solothurn and Basel-Landschaft are to east of the canton, while the canton of Bern bounds the Jura to the south.

To the north the canton is bounded by the canton of Basel-Landschaft.

* Basel-Landschaft ( Basel-Country ), a canton of Switzerland

In 1830 the Canton of Basel split in two with the Federal Diet requiring that the canton's assets, including the books at the University library, be divided — two thirds going to the new half canton of Basel-Landschaft.

Of the remaining four, three seceded as the canton of Jura in 1979, while the fourth, the Laufen district, joined the canton of Basel-Landschaft in 1994.

One theory is that they or part of them dwelt or moved among other coastal people perhaps confederated up to the basin of the Saale ( in the neighbourhood of the ancient canton of Engilin ) on the Unstrut valleys below the Kyffhäuserkreis, from which region the Lex Angliorum et Werinorum hoc est Thuringorum is believed by many to have come.

Aarau (, locally ) is the capital of the northern Swiss canton of Aargau.

It comprises the lower course of the river Aare, which is why the canton is called Aar-gau ( meaning Aare district ).

The canton of Aargau is one of the least mountainous Swiss cantons, forming part of a great table-land, to the north of the Alps and the east of the Jura, above which rise low hills.

Slightly over one-third of the canton is wooded (), while nearly half is used from farming ().

or about 2. 4 % of the canton is considered unproductive, mostly lakes and streams.

The canton is heavily developed, with or about 15 % of the canton developed for housing or transportation.

None of the 200 communes of the department is entirely free of seismic risk ; the canton of Barcelonnette is placed in zone 1b ( low risk ) by the determinist classifcation of 1991 based on seismic history, and zone 4 ( average risk ) according to the probabilistic EC8 classification of 2011.

An example of this is how the fundamental basis of Swiss citizenship is citizenship of an individual commune, from which follows citizenship of a canton and of the Confederation.

The national flag of the United States of America is often simply referred to as the American flag, consisting of thirteen equal horizontal stripes of red ( top and bottom ) alternating with white, with a blue rectangle in the canton ( referred to specifically as the " union ") bearing fifty small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows of six stars ( top and bottom ) alternating with rows of five stars.

The city has an area of, while the area of the canton is, including the two small enclaves of Céligny in Vaud.

The official language of Geneva is French, the official language of the canton and the main language used in the Romandie.

Lausanne () is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud.

* In Bosnia and Herzegovina, a municipality in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( općina or opština ) is part of a canton ( kanton ).

* In Switzerland, a municipality ( commune / Gemeinde / comune ) is part of a canton ( canton / Kanton / cantone ) and defined by cantonal law.

The only differences between these flags is that the Australian flag has the Commonwealth Star below the canton, and that on the New Zealand flag, just four stars in the Southern Cross are presented, and they are five-pointed red stars with white borders.

The US yacht ensign for example, has a circle of 13 stars and a fouled anchor in the canton instead of the 50 stars, being quite different from the Ensign of the US, which is the flag of the United States.

Finally, in 1532 the canton of Uri became part of the collective administration of the Freien Ämter.

Louis Agassiz was born in Môtier ( now part of Haut-Vully ) in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland.

The many railway viaducts of the Rhaetian railways in the canton of Graubünden, built for the most part in the early 20th century, have become a tourist attraction as well as a necessary transport system, drawing rail enthusiasts from all over the world.

** The Canton of Jura comes into existence as the twenty-sixth canton of Switzerland, being formed from the predominantly French-speaking Catholic part of the Canton of Bern.

The western ranges occupy the greatest part of Switzerland while the more numerous eastern ranges are much smaller and are all situated in the canton of Graubünden.

This makes a large difference between the south, where the lateral short valleys descend abruptly into the deep trench forming the valley of the Rhone and the north, where the Bernese Alps extends through a great part of the canton of Berne ( Bernese Oberland ), throwing out branches to the west into the adjoining cantons of Vaud and Fribourg.

Simultaneously, Zug expanded its territory, acquiring a number of rural areas in the form of bailiwicks ( Walchwil, Cham, Gangolfswil Hünenberg and Steinhausen, and Oberrüti, now part of the canton of Aargau ).

Zug became part of the canton Waldstätten, and the cantonal capital for a short time.

Zürichsee is strictly the name of the part of the lake downstream of the dam at Rapperswil, mostly located within the canton of Zurich.

Geographically, Lake Zurich is located in the southwestern part of the canton of Zurich.

By the law of 28 Pluviôse, Year 5, the departments of Hérault and of Tarn exchanged the canton of Anglès ( which had been part of the diocese of Saint-Pons, but which has remained in Tarn ) for that of Saint-Gervais-sur-Mare ( which had been part of the diocese of Castres, but which today remains in Hérault ).

Caen gives its name to a 10th canton, of which it is not part.

After the French Revolution, the area was made part of the new Département de l ’ Escaut, with Lokeren at the head of a canton.

Most of the lands of the canton were once part of a Roman province called Raetia which was established in 15 BC.

In 1798, the lands of the canton of Graubünden became part of the Helvetic Republic as the Canton of Raetia.

Only a small part of Lake Zug is within the canton of Schwyz.