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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.5911,Lat: 47.5491
Elevation	267 meter above sea level
Local time	0:30:04am
Population	164000 (4th largest city in country)
Name province/region	Basel-Stadt
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Basel

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Binningen	1.9 km	SouthWest
2 Birsfelden	2.6 km	EastNorthEast
3 Bottmingen	3.2 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Münchenstein	4 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Allschwil	4.2 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	68 km	South
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	153 km	EastSouthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	253 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 358 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Upper - Ill, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Alte Aare (1 km² at a distance of 46.6 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Basel with a height of 278 meter (at a distance of 0.2 km and direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 3 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 4.2 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the German Swiss Fench tripoint with a straight distance of 4.5 km (direction North).
Elevation around place: hill: 100%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is highly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Stadtlandschaft -- Paysage urbain

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 6.5 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9.4 km2

11.9%

Agriculture

11.8 km2

15.1%

Urban area

48.8 km2

62.1%

Infrastructure

4.1 km2

5.3%

Water - Lakes

2.2 km2

2.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Basel in country Switzerland

Basel at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	55 km	SouthEast
2 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	68 km	South
3 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	76 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Basel
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	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Canton of Basel-City

Type of weather in Canton of Basel-City	broken clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.17 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 35 minutes
Sunrise :	06:08 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:43 Europe/Amsterdam