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Coordinates: 47°34′N 7°36′E / 47.567°N 7.600°E
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Location of Basel Basle Lua error in Module:Infobox_mapframe at line 118: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | |
| Coordinates: 47°33′17″N 07°35′26″E / 47.55472°N 7.59056°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Basel-Stadt |
| District | n.a |
| Government | |
| • Executive | Regierungsrat with 7 members |
| • Mayor | Regierungspräsident/in Beat Jans SP (as of 2020) |
| • Parliament | Grosser Rat with 100 members |
| Area | |
| • Total | 22.75 km2 (8.78 sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 4000 |
| 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, Miami Beach |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
Basel (French: Bâle) is a city in the north of Switzerland. It is sometimes called Basle in English. Basel is the capital of the Swiss canton of Basel-Stadt.
The city has a population of about 170,000 people and is the third largest city in Switzerland after Zürich and Geneva.
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