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2. Basel - Wikipedia

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   Basel (/ ˈbɑːzəl / BAH-zəl; German: [ˈbaːzl̩] ⓘ), also known as Basle, [ note 1 ] is a city in northwestern Switzerland on the River Rhine (at the transition from the High to the Upper Rhine). [ 4 ] Basel is Switzerland's third-most-populous city (after Zurich and Geneva), with 177,595 inhabitants within the city municipality limits ...

3. Basel-Stadt - Wikipedia

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   www.bs.ch. Basel-Stadt or Basel-City (German: Kanton Basel-Stadt [ˌbaːzl̩ˈʃtat] ⓘ; Romansh: Chantun Basilea-Citad; French: Canton de Bâle-Ville [bɑl.vil]; Italian: Canton Basilea Città) is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of three municipalities with Basel as the capital. It is traditionally ...

4. Geography of Switzerland - Wikipedia

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   The geography of Switzerland features a mountainous and landlocked country located in Western and Central Europe. Switzerland's natural landscape is marked by its numerous lakes and mountains. It is surrounded by five countries: Austria and Liechtenstein to the east, France to the west, Italy to the south and Germany to the north. Switzerland ...

5. Basel is the ideal destination for art lovers - AOL

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   I spent six days in the Swiss city of Basel, exploring the town's rich art scene. One of the city's highlights is its proximity to France and Germany. One day, I was roaming a French town straight ...

6. List of cities in Switzerland - Wikipedia

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   Below is a list of towns and cities in Switzerland. Until 2014 municipalities with more than 10,000 inhabitants were considered to be towns (German: Stadt/Städte, French: ville (s), Italian: città). Since 2014, the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) uses a new algorithm (called German: Statistische Städte 2012, or French: Villes statistiques ...

7. Cantons of Switzerland - Wikipedia

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   The 26 cantons of Switzerland[ 1 ] are the member states of the Swiss Confederation. The nucleus of the Swiss Confederacy in the form of the first three confederate allies used to be referred to as the Waldstätte. Two important periods in the development of the Old Swiss Confederacy are summarized by the terms Acht Orte ('Eight Cantons'; from ...

8. Switzerland - Wikipedia

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   Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. [ d ][ 13 ] It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland is geographically divided among the Swiss Plateau, the Alps and the Jura; the Alps occupy the ...

9. Timeline of Basel - Wikipedia

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   The following is a timelineof the historyof the city of Basel(or Basle, in the once-preferred English spelling). Established in the 4th century, the city rose to importance in the medieval period as a bishop's seat. In the 15th century it became an important center of Renaissance humanismand, in the 16th century, of the Protestant Reformation.