Basel

Basel
Basel
	Mittlere Brücke ower the Rhine
Canton	Basel-Stadt
Destrict	n.a.
	47°34′N 7°36′E / 47.567°N 7.600°ECoordinates: 47°34′N 7°36′E / 47.567°N 7.600°E
Population	170,635 (Mai 2012)
- Densitie	7,500 /km2 (19,426 /sq mi)
Aurie	23.91 km2 (9.23 sq mi)
Elevation	260 m (853 ft)
- Lawest	244.75 m - Rhine shore, naitional border at Kleinhüningen
Postal code	4000
SFOS number	2701
Mayor	Guy Morin (as o 2009) GPS/PES
Demonym	Basler
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)
Wabsteid	www.basel.ch ; SFSO statistics
Basel
Map o Basel ;

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)

↑ Canton of Basel-Stadt Statistics, MS Excel document – Bevölkerung nach Wohnviertel im März 2012 (German) accessed 3 May 2012
↑ Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeindedaten nach 4 Hauptbereichen
↑ Basel Population, July 2010
↑ "Agglomerations: Permanent resident population in urban and rural areas". Swiss Federal Statistical Office. August 30, 2012. Retrieved October 08, 2012. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
↑ "B3: Metropolitanräume". Swiss Federal Statistical Office. June 7, 2012. Retrieved October 08, 2012. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
↑ "Eurodistrict Basel: Agglomeration". Eurodistrictbasel.eu. Retrieved 2010-03-08.

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