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Basel , also known as Basle (/bɑːl/ BAHL), is a city in northwestern Switzerland on the river Rhine. Basel is Switzerland's third-most-populous city (after Zürich and Geneva), with 177,595 inhabitants within the city municipality limits. The official language of Basel is Swiss Standard German and the main spoken … See more
The name of Basel is first recorded as Basilia in the 3rd century (237/8), at the time referring to the Roman castle. This name is mostly interpreted as deriving from the personal name Basilius, from a toponym villa Basilia (" See more
Location
Basel is located in Northwestern Switzerland and is commonly considered to be the capital of that region. It is close to the point where … See moreThe city of Basel functions as the capital of the Swiss half-canton of Basel-Stadt.
Canton
The canton Basel … See moreEarly history
There are traces of a settlement at the nearby Rhine knee from the early La Tène period (5th century BC). In the 2nd century BC, there was a … See morePopulation
The canton of Basel (slightly more than the city itself) has a population (As of 2021 ) of 201,971, of whom 36.9% are resident foreign nationals. See moreWikipedia text under CC-BY-SA license