Basel

Basel
Basel
	Mittlere Brücke ower the Rhine
	Coat airms
	Location o Basel
	Basel Basel
	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
Kintra	Swisserland
Canton	Basel-Stadt
Destrict	n.a.
Govrenment
• Mayor	Regierungspräsident (Basel-Stadt); Guy Morin GPS/PES ; (as of 2009)
Area
• Total	23.85 km2 (9.21 sq mi)
Elevation	260 m (850 ft)
Lowest elevation (Rhine shore, naitional border at Kleinhüningen)	244.75 m (802.99 ft)
Population (2018-12-31)
• Total	177,595
• Density	7,400/km2 (19,000/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Basler
Postal code	4000
SFOS nummer	2701
Surroondit bi	Allschwil (BL), 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)
Website	www.basel.ch ; SFSO statistics

Basel (/[unsupported input]ˈbɑːzəl/) or Basle (/[unsupported input]ˈbɑːl/; German: Basel; pronounced [ˈbaːzəl])^{[note 1]} is Swisserland's third maist populous ceety wi aboot 166,000 inhabitants.^[3] Locatit whare the Swiss, French an German borders meet, Basel haes suburbs in Fraunce an Germany. In 2011, the Basel agglomeration wis the third lairgest in Swisserland wi a population o 500,600^[4] in 74 municipalities in Swisserland an an additional 53 in neebourin kintras (municipal coont as o 2000).^[5] The tri-naitional metropolitan aurie haes aroond 830,000 inhabitants in 226 municipalities.^[6]

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↑ In the naitional leids o Swisserland the ceety is kent as Bâle [bɑl] (French) an aw, Basilea [baziˈlɛːa] (Italian) an Basilea [baziˈlɛːa] (Romansh)

↑ ^a ^b "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Retrieved 13 Januar 2019.
↑ "MONATLICH AKTUALISIERTE ZAHLEN - KANTONALE STATISTIK". Retrieved 30 Januar 2019.
↑ "Basel Population, July 2010". Archived frae the original on 20 November 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
↑ "Agglomerations: Permanent resident population in urban and rural areas". Swiss Federal Statistical Office. August 30, 2012. Retrieved October 08, 2012. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
↑ "B3: Metropolitanräume". Swiss Federal Statistical Office. June 7, 2012. Archived frae the original on 2012-03-27. Retrieved October 08, 2012. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
↑ "Eurodistrict Basel: Agglomeration". Eurodistrictbasel.eu. Retrieved 8 Mairch 2010.