Canton of Basel-City
Canton of Basel-Stadt or Basel-City is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of three municipalities with Basel as the capital.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: State with 201,000 residents
- Description: canton of Switzerland
- Also known as: “Bale-Ville”, “Basel-City”, “Basel-Stadt”, “Basel-Stadt Canton”, “Baselstadt”, “Basle-City”, “Basle-Stadt”, “Basle-Town”, “Basle-Ville”, “BS”, “Canton of Basel-Stadt”, “Canton of Basle-City”, “Canton of Basle-Ville”, “CH031”, “Kanton Basel Stadt”, and “Kanton Basel-Stadt”
- Neighbors: Baden-Württemberg
Places of Interest
Highlights include St. Jakob-Park and Kunstmuseum Basel.
St. Jakob-Park
Stadium
Photo: Chrisixx, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. Jakob-Park is a Swiss sports stadium in Basel. It is the largest football venue in Switzerland and home to FC Basel. "Joggeli", as the venue is nicknamed by the locals, was originally built with a capacity of 33,433 seats.
Kunstmuseum Basel
Museum
The Kunstmuseum Basel houses the oldest public art collection in the world and is generally considered to be the most important museum of art in Switzerland.
Basel SBB Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: Chiccodoro, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Basel SBB railway station is the central railway station in the city of Basel, Switzerland. Opened in 1854, and completely rebuilt in 1900–1907, it is Europe's busiest international border station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Basel and Saint-Louis.
Basel
Photo: Lucazzitto, CC BY-SA 3.0.
One of Switzerland's underrated tourist destinations, Basel has a beautiful medieval old town centre, a fascinating carnival, and several world class art museums built by architects like Renzo Piano, Mario Botta and Herzog & De Meuron.
Saint-Louis
Photo: Comstagiaire SL, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saint-Louis is a city of 23,000 people in Alsace in the Grand-Est at the German and Swiss borders, just north of Basel. Saint-Louis is rich in cultural resources and fun activities.
Weil am Rhein
Photo: Joergens.mi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Weil am Rhein is a German town and commune. It is on the east bank of the River Rhine, and extends to the tripoint of Switzerland, France, and Germany.
Canton of Basel-City
- Categories: canton of Switzerland, city-state, federated state, half-canton, and locality
- Location: Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.5579° or 47° 33′ 29″ northLongitude
7.5928° or 7° 35′ 34″ eastPopulation
201,000Elevation
263 metres (863 feet)Abbreviation
“BS”Open location code
8FV9HH5V+54OpenStreetMap ID
node 313871105OpenStreetMap feature
place=state
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Canton of Basel-City” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Kanton Basel-Stadt”
- Albanian: “Kantoni Basel-Stadt”
- Arabic: “كانتون مدينة بازل”
- Arabic: “مدينة بازل”
- Aragonese: “Cantón de Basilea-Ciudat”
- Armenian: “Բազել Շտադտ”
- Armenian: “Բազել-Շտադ”
- Arpitan: “Bâla-Vela”
- Arpitan: “Quenton de Bâla-Vela”
- Asturian: “Basilea-Ciudá”
- Azerbaijani: “Bazel-Ştat kantonu”
- Balinese: “Kanton Basel-Kota”
- Basque: “Basilea Hiria”
- Belarusian: “Базель-Штат, кантон”
- Belarusian: “Базель-Штат”
- Belarusian: “Базэль-Штат”
- Belarusian: “кантон Базель-Штат”
- Bengali: “বা্যাসেল-স্টাড”
- Bosnian: “Basel-grad”
- Breton: “Kanton Basel-Stadt”
- Bulgarian: “Базел Щат”
- Catalan: “Basilea-Ciutat”
- Cebuano: “Kanton Basel-Stadt”
- Chinese: “Basel-Stadt Chiu”
- Chinese: “巴塞尔城市州”
- Chinese: “巴塞爾城市州”
- Chuvash: “Базель-Штадт”
- Croatian: “Basel-Grad”
- Croatian: “Basel-Stadt”
- Croatian: “BS”
- Croatian: “Kanton Basel-Grad”
- Croatian: “Kanton Basel-Stadt”
- Czech: “Basilej-město”
- Danish: “Basel-Stadt”
- Dutch: “Basel-Stadt”
- Dutch: “Bazel-Stad”
- Esperanto: “Bazelo Urba”
- Esperanto: “Kantono Bazelo Urba”
- Estonian: “Basel-Stadt”
- Estonian: “Basel-Stadti kanton”
- Finnish: “Basel-Stadt”
- French: “Bâle-Ville”
- French: “Basel-Stadt”
- French: “BS”
- French: “canton de Bâle-Ville”
- French: “Canton de Bâle-Ville”
- Galician: “Basilea-Cidade”
- Georgian: “ბაზელ-შტადტის კანტონი”
- German: “Basel Stadt”
- German: “Basel-Stadt”
- German: “BS”
- German: “Kanton Basel Stadt”
- German: “Kanton Basel-Stadt”
- Greek: “Καντόνι Βασιλείας - πόλη”
- Greek: “Καντόνι της Μπάζελ-Στατ”
- Gujarati: “બેસલ-સ્ટેટ”
- Hebrew: “בזל-שטאדט”
- Hindi: “बासल-श्तात कैन्टन”
- Hindi: “बासेल-स्टेड”
- Hungarian: “Basel-Stadt kanton”
- Iloko: “Basel-Stadt”
- Indonesian: “Kanton Basel-Kota”
- Interlingue: “Canton de Basel-Cité”
- Irish: “Basel-Stadt”
- Irish: “cantún Basel-Stadt”
- Italian: “Basilea Città”
- Italian: “Canton Basilea Città”
- Japanese: “バーゼル＝シュタット準州”
- Javanese: “Basel-Stadt”
- Kannada: “ಬಸೆಲ್-ಸ್ಟಾಡ್ಟ್”
- Kazakh: “Базель-Штадт”
- Korean: “바젤슈타트 주”
- Korean: “바젤슈타트”
- Korean: “바젤슈타트주”
- Kurdish: “Basel-Stadt”
- Ladin: “Basel-Stadt”
- Latin: “Pagus Basilea Urbs”
- Latin: “Pagus Basilia Urbs”
- Latvian: “Bāzeles pilsētas kantons”
- Limburgan: “Bazel-Stad”
- Lingala: “Bâle-Engumba”
- Lithuanian: “Baselstadas”
- Lombard: “Canton Basileja Cità”
- Macedonian: “Базел-град”
- Malay: “Bandar Basel”
- Marathi: “बासल-श्टाट”
- Mazanderani: “بازل اشتاد”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Basel-Stadt Chiu”
- Northern Frisian: “Basel-Stadt”
- Northern Sami: “Basel-Stadt”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Basel-Stadt”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Basel-Stadt”
- Norwegian: “Basel-Stadt”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Canton de Basilèa-Vila”
- Ossetian: “Базель-Штадт”
- Persian: “بازل اشتاد”
- Persian: “کانتون بازل اشتاد”
- Piemontese: “Canton ëd Basilea-Sità”
- Polish: “Bazylea-Miasto”
- Portuguese: “Basileia-Cidade”
- Romanian: “Cantonul Basel-Oraș”
- Romansh: “Basilea-Citad”
- Romansh: “Basilea-Marcau.”
- Romansh: “Chantun Basilea-Citad”
- Russian: “Базель-Штадт”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Basel-Stadt”
- Serbian: “Кантон Базел-град”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Basel-Stadt”
- Sicilian: “Canton Basilea-Cità”
- Sinhala: “බැසෙල්-ස්ටඩ්ට්”
- Slovak: “Bazilej-mesto”
- Slovenian: “Basel-mesto”
- Slovenian: “Basel-Stadt”
- Slovenian: “Kanton Basel-Stadt”
- South Azerbaijani: “بازل اشتاد”
- Spanish: “Basilea-Ciudad”
- Spanish: “Canton de Basilea-Ciudad”
- Spanish: “Cantón de Basilea-Ciudad”
- Swahili: “Mji wa Basel”
- Swedish: “Basel-Stadt”
- Swiss German: “Basel-Stadt”
- Swiss German: “BS”
- Swiss German: “Kanton Basel-Stadt”
- Tamil: “பாஸல் -ஸ்டாட்ட்”
- Telugu: “బాసెల్-స్టాట్”
- Thai: “รัฐบาเซิล-ชตัท”
- Tosk Albanian: “Kanton Basel-Stadt”
- Turkish: “Bâle-Ville”
- Turkish: “Basel-Kent”
- Turkish: “Basel-Stadt”
- Turkish: “Basilea Città”
- Turkish: “Basilea-Citad”
- Turkish: “Basilia Urbs”
- Turkish: “BS”
- Turkish: “canton de Bâle-Ville”
- Ukrainian: “Базель-Штадт”
- Urdu: “بازل-شتادت”
- Venetian: “Canton Baxilea Sità”
- Vietnamese: “Basel-Stadt”
- Vietnamese: “BS”
- Waray (Philippines): “Basel-Stadt”
- Welsh: “Basel Ddinesig”
- Western Panjabi: “باسل”
- Wu Chinese: “巴塞尔城市州”
- Yue Chinese: “巴塞爾城市州”
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