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Basel

City in Switzerland
Basel is a city on the Rhine River in northwest Switzerland, close to the country’s borders with France and Germany. Its medieval old town centers around Marktplatz, dominated by the 16th-century, red-sandstone Town Hall. Its 12th-century Gothic...
Population: 171,017 (2017)
Area: 9.232 mi²
Canton: Basel-Stadt
District: Metro 6,394,037 Oberrhein
Elevation (Barfüsserkirche): 261 m (856 ft)