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{{Infobox Swiss town
[[File:Rhine Rhein Basel 2006 871.JPG|thumb|250px|Basel]]▼
|subject_name = Basel<br />{{small|Basle}}
|municipality_type = municipality, city, and canton
'''Basel''' ([[french language|French:]] ''Bâle'') is a [[city]] in the north of [[Switzerland]]. It is sometimes called '''Basle''' in [[English language|English]].<ref>Grihault, Nicki 2011. Basle, Switzerland: A cultural guide. T Travel, Telegraph Media Group, London. [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/switzerland/8741459/Basle-Switzerland-A-cultural-guide.html]</ref> Basel is the [[capital (city)|capital]] of the Swiss [[cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Basel Stadt]]. It is surrounded by the [[Basel-Land]] canton. The city has a [[population]] of about 170,000 people.▼
|image_caption = View from the Rhine
|snow_image =
|snow_imagecaption =
|imagepath_coa = Wappen Basel-Stadt matt.svg
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|map = Karte Gemeinde Basel 2007.png
|canton = Basel-Stadt
|iso-code-region = CH-BS
|district = n.a
|coordinates = {{coord|47|33|17|N|07|35|26|E|display=inline,Basel}}
|postal_code = 4000
|municipality_code = 2701
|area = 22.75
|population =
|mayor = Beat Jans
|mayor_asof = 2020
|mayor_party = SP
|mayor_title = Regierungspräsident/in
|executive_name = [[Basel#Government|Regierungsrat]]
|executive_number_of_members = 7
|parliament_name = [[Basel#Parliament|Grosser Rat]]
|parliament_number_of_members = 100
|places =
|demonyms = {{lang-de|link=no|Basler(in)}}, {{lang-fr|link=no|Bâlois(e)}}, {{lang-it|Basilese}}
|neighboring_municipalities= [[Allschwil]] (BL), [[Hégenheim]] (FR-68), [[Binningen, Switzerland|Binningen]] (BL), [[Birsfelden]] (BL), [[Bottmingen]] (BL), [[Huningue]] (FR-68), [[Münchenstein]] (BL), [[Muttenz]] (BL), [[Reinach, Basel-Country|Reinach]] (BL), [[Riehen]] (BS), [[Saint-Louis, Haut-Rhin|Saint-Louis]] (FR-68), [[Weil am Rhein]] (DE-BW)
|twintowns = [[Shanghai]], [[Miami Beach]]
|website = www.bs.ch
}}
▲'''Basel''' ([[french language|French:]] ''Bâle'') is a [[city]] in the north of [[Switzerland]]. It is sometimes called '''Basle''' in [[English language|English]].<ref>Grihault, Nicki 2011. Basle, Switzerland: A cultural guide. T Travel, Telegraph Media Group, London. [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/switzerland/8741459/Basle-Switzerland-A-cultural-guide.html]</ref> Basel is the [[capital (city)|capital]] of the Swiss [[cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Basel
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-Landschaft|Basel-Land]] in the south. The [[Rhine River|Rhine river]] flows through the city.
== History ==
Basel was a prince-[[Bishop|bishopric]] from 999 until 1803. Most of the city was destroyed in the 1356 Basel earthquake, the strongest earthquake ever recorded in [[Central Europe]]. Basel joined Switzerland in 1501.
== Economy ==
Basel is well known for the many chemical and pharmaceutical companies that are located in the city, such as [[Novartis]], [[Syngenta]] and [[Hoffmann-La Roche]].
The only [[port]]s in Switzerland are located along the Rhine river in Basel, which makes the city important for [[Import|imports]] and [[Export|exports]] to and from Switzerland. Water transport using [[Freighter|cargo ship]]s on the Rhine river connects Basel with the seaport of [[Rotterdam]]. Basel ports are connected to the Swiss railway and road network.
Basel shares the international airport [[EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg]] with the French city [[Mulhouse]].
== Education ==
The [[University of Basel]] was founded in 1460 and is the oldest in Switzerland and one of the oldest in the world. [[Erasmus]], [[Paracelsus]], Daniel Bernoulli, [[Leonhard Euler]] and [[Friedrich Nietzsche]] worked here.
== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Image:Basler - Basler Münster Westfassade.jpg|Basel Minster
Image:Basler Rathaus.jpg|Town Hall
Image:River ferry (Basel, Switzerland).jpg|Cable ferry across the Rhine
Image:Basel - Roche-Gelände(2015).jpg|View over the city with the Roche Headquarters in the front
</gallery>
== References ==
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== Other websites ==
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* [http://www.basel.ch Official website of the city of Basel] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050426003905/http://www.basel.ch/ |date=2005-04-26 }} {{in lang|de}}
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