Basel

47°34′N 7°36′E / 47.567°N 7.600°E / 47.567; 7.600

Basel Basle
Municipality
View from the Rhine
Coat of arms
Location of Basel Basle
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Coordinates: 47°33′17″N 07°35′26″E / 47.55472°N 7.59056°E / 47.55472; 7.59056
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Basel-Stadt
District	n.a
Government
• Executive	Regierungsrat with 7 members
• Mayor	Regierungspräsident/in Beat Jans SPS/PSS (as of 2020)
• Parliament	Grosser Rat with 100 members
Area [1]
• Total	23.85 km2 (9.21 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2018)[2][3]
• Total	177,595
• Density	7,400/km2 (19,000/sq mi)
Demonyms	German: Basler(in), French: Bâlois(e), Italian: Basilese
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	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, Miami Beach
Website	www.bs.ch SFSO statistics

Basel (French: Bâle) is a city in the north of Switzerland. It is sometimes called Basle in English.^[4] 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.

Basel borders Germany and France in the north and the canton of Basel-Land in the south. The Rhine river flows through the city.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
2. ↑ "MONATLICH AKTUALISIERTE ZAHLEN - KANTONALE STATISTIK". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
3. ↑ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
4. ↑ Grihault, Nicki 2011. Basle, Switzerland: A cultural guide. T Travel, Telegraph Media Group, London. [1]