Pratteln (Swiss German: Brattele) is a municipality in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland, located in the district of Liestal. 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. Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, an Eagle displayed Sable fesswise, langued, beaked and membered Gules, bordered Sable. Demographics 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 (37.0%) Of the population in the municipality 4,018 or about 27.0% were born in Pratteln and lived there in 2000. There were 1,857 or 12.5% who were born in the same canton, while 3,695 or 24.8% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 4,827 or 32.4% were born outside