Basel
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Basel, as seen from the Elisabethenkirche
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Location of Basel
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| Coordinates: 47°34′N 7°36′E / 47.567°N 7.600°ECoordinates: 47°34′N 7°36′E / 47.567°N 7.600°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Basel-Stadt | |
| District | n.a. | |
| Government | ||
| • Executive |
Regierungsrat with 7 members |
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| • Mayor |
Regierungspräsident (list) Guy Morin GPS/PES (as of February 2014) |
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| • Parliament |
Grosser Rat with 100 members |
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| Area | ||
| • Total | 23.91 km2 (9.23 sq mi) | |
| Elevation (Mittlere Rheinbrücke) | 254 m (833 ft) | |
| Highest elevation (Wasserturm Bruderholz) | 366 m (1,201 ft) | |
| Lowest elevation (Rhine shore, national border at Kleinhüningen) | 244.75 m (802.99 ft) | |
| Population (Jul 2016) | ||
| • Total | 175,617 | |
| • Density | 7,300/km2 (19,000/sq mi) | |
| Demonym(s) | German: Basler(in), French: Bâlois(e) | |
| Postal code | 4000 | |
| SFOS number | 2701 | |
| Surrounded by | Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS), Saint-Louis (FR-68), Weil am Rhein (DE-BW) | |
| Twin towns | Shanghai, US State Massachusetts, Miami Beach | |
| Website |
www SFSO statistics |
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| Largest groups of foreign residents 2013 | ||
| Nationality | Amount | % total (foreigners) |
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 Germany
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15,403 | 7.9 (22.8) |
 Italy
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8,112 | 4.2 (12.0) |
 Turkey
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6,594 | 3.4 (9.8) |
 Serbia(incl. Monten. and Kosovo) |
4,554 | 2.3 (6.7) |
 Spain
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3,365 | 1.7 (5.0) |
 Portugal
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3,197 | 1.6 (4.7) |
 Republic of Macedonia
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2,252 | 1.2 (3.3) |
 United Kingdom
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2,153 | 1.1 (3.2) |
 India
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1,817 | 0.9 (2.7) |
 France
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1,649 | 0.8 (2.4) |
 USA
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1,443 | 0.7 (2.1) |
 Austria
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1,179 | 0.6 (1.7) |
Basel (also Basle /ˈbɑːzəl/ or /ˈbɑːl/; German: Basel [ˈbaːzl̩]; French: Bâle [bɑːl]; Italian: Basilea [baziˈlɛːa]) is a city in northwestern Switzerland on the river Rhine. The Basel region culturally extends into German Baden-Württemberg and French Alsace. Basel was the seat of a Prince-Bishopric since the 11th century, and joined the Swiss Confederacy in 1501. Basel had been a commercial hub since the Renaissance, and it emerged as a centre for the chemical and pharmaceutical industry in the 20th century.
Basel is Switzerland's third-most-populous city (behind Zürich and Geneva) with about 195,000 inhabitants. Located where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in France and Germany. In 2014, the Basel agglomeration was the third largest in Switzerland with a population of 537,100 in 74 municipalities in Switzerland and an additional 53 in neighboring countries (municipal count as of 2000). The tri-national Basel metropolitan area has around 830,000 inhabitants in 226 municipalities.
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