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

[3] Hersberg has an area, as of 2009[update], of 1.67 square kilometers (0.64 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.2 km2 (0.077 sq mi) or 12.0% is settled (buildings or roads).

[4] The municipality is located in the Liestal district, along the drainage divide between the Ergolz, Violenbach and Talbächli rivers.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent, a House affronty Gules issuant from Coupeaux Vert, Chief chequy Argent and Gules.

[7] The age distribution, as of 2010[update], in Hersberg is; 17 children or 5.6% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 33 teenagers or 10.9% are between 7 and 19.

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][12] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 36.83% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 121 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 50.6%.

[8] There were 161 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 46.0% of the workforce.

In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 24.

In the tertiary sector; 2 or 20.0% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 3 or 30.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 or 10.0% were in the information industry, 3 or 30.0% were technical professionals or scientists, .

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 54 or 20.7% were Roman Catholic, while 147 or 56.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

[9] As of 2000[update], there were 29 students from Hersberg who attended schools outside the municipality.