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As of 2016, the Swiss Basel agglomeration was the third-largest in Switzerland, with a population of 541,000 [63] in 74 municipalities in Switzerland (municipal count as of 2018). [64] The metropolitan area , called the Trinational Eurodistrict of Basel (TEB), consists of 62 suburban communes including municipalities in neighboring countries ...
The area of the canton is 37 km 2 (14 sq mi), making Basel-Stadt the smallest canton in Switzerland. It is sometimes likened to a city-state. [9] Basel-Stadt borders Basel-Landschaft to the south, the only adjacent canton. To the north, it borders Germany (Baden-Württemberg) and France .
Map of Basel-Landschaft. ... the area of Basel was a centre of Roman activity. ... Between 1959 and 1970 the canton was Switzerland's fastest-growing, as the ...
Basel was a canton of Switzerland that was in existence between 1501 and 1833, ... Map of Basel in 1642, engraved by Matthäus Merian, ...
The Trinational Eurodistrict of Basel, or Basel metropolitan area, extends across three countries: Switzerland, France and Germany. The Trinational Eurodistrict of Basel ( German : Trinationaler Eurodistrict Basel (TEB)/ French : Eurodistrict trinational de Bâle (ETB)) is an organization of municipalities and cities in the trinational ...
Physical map of Switzerland (in German) Extending across the north and south side of the Alps in west-central Europe, Switzerland encompasses diverse landscapes and climates across its 41,285 square kilometres (15,940 sq mi). [70] Switzerland lies between latitudes 45° and 48° N, and longitudes 5° and 11° E.
Map of Basel showing the location of Augst. Aerial view from 500 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1925). Augst has an area, as of 2009, of 1.64 square kilometers (0.63 sq mi).Of this area, 0.57 km 2 (0.22 sq mi) or 34.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.11 km 2 (0.042 sq mi) or 6.7% is forested.
Switzerland is divided in three main geographic regions: the Swiss Alps, the Central Plateau and the Jura, each corresponding to very different geological realities. In addition, two small regions are not part of those three. The first, north of the Rhine in the Basel area, is situated beyond the Jura.