Arisdorf is a municipality in the district of Liestal in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.

[3] Arisdorf has an area, as of 2009[update], of 10 square kilometers (3.9 sq mi).

[4] The municipality is located in the Liestal district, in a valley in the Jura Mountains.

It consists of the village of Arisdorf which is made up of the sections; Ober-, Mittel- and Unterdorf, as well as scattered individual houses.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, a Bear rampant Sable langued and vilené Gules on Coupeaux of the last.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (1,264 or 92.9%), with English being second most common (27 or 2.0%) and French being third (15 or 1.1%).

[7] The age distribution, as of 2010[update], in Arisdorf is; 109 children or 6.9% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 257 teenagers or 16.3% are between 7 and 19.

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] The entire village of Arisdorf is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[14] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 42.57% of the vote.

[8] There were 722 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.2% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 64, of which 60 were in agriculture and 4 were in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 60 or 29.9% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 16 or 8.0% were in the movement and storage of goods, 2 or 1.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 10 or 5.0% were in the information industry, 3 or 1.5% were the insurance or financial industry, 70 or 34.8% were technical professionals or scientists, 11 or 5.5% were in education and 4 or 2.0% were in health care.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 220 or 16.2% were Roman Catholic, while 841 or 61.8% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

The wettest month is August during which time Arisdorf receives an average of 112 mm (4.4 in) of rain or snow.

The driest month of the year is February with an average of 64 mm (2.5 in) of precipitation over 11 days.