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 … 查看更多內容

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 the Swiss, French and German borders meet, and Basel also has suburbs in … 查看更多內容

The city of Basel functions as the capital of the Swiss half-canton of Basel-Stadt.
Canton
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Quarters
Basel is subdivided into 19 quarters (Quartiere). The municipalities of Riehen and 查看更多內容

The city of Basel, located in the north west of Switzerland, is one of the most dynamic economic regions of Switzerland.
As of 2016 , Basel had an unemployment rate of 3.7%. As … 查看更多內容

Early 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 village of the Raurici at the site of Basel-Gasfabrik (to the northwest of the Old City, … 查看更多內容

Population
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.
Over the 10 years of 1999–2009 the population has … 查看更多內容