Basel-Stadt

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canton of Switzerland

Basel-Stadt is a small, urban Swiss canton centered on the city of Basel, a major cultural and economic hub in northwestern Switzerland.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Basel	39
Basel, Switzerland	6
Canton of Basel-Stadt	3
Basel city center	1
Free Imperial City of Basel	1
city of Basel	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	canton of Switzerland ⓘ
areaSquareKilometres	37 ⓘ
bordersCanton	Basel-Landschaft ⓘ
bordersCountry	France ⓘ Germany ⓘ
borderType	tripoint region with France and Germany ⓘ
capital	Basel metropolitan area ⓘ surface form: Basel
coatOfArms	black Basel crosier on white field ⓘ
contains	Bettingen ⓘ Riehen ⓘ Basel-Stadt self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: city of Basel
country	Switzerland ⓘ
culturalRole	major Swiss cultural center ⓘ
currency	Swiss franc ⓘ
deFactoLanguage	Alemannic German ⓘ surface form: Swiss German
economicRole	major Swiss economic hub ⓘ
electoralSystem	proportional representation for parliament ⓘ
executiveBody	Regierungsrat Basel-Stadt ⓘ
governmentType	cantonal republic ⓘ
hasAirportNearby	EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg ⓘ
hasMunicipalities	3 ⓘ
hasParliamentMembers	100 ⓘ
hasPostalAbbreviation	BS ⓘ
hasUniversity	University of Basel ⓘ
hasUrbanCharacter	predominantly urban ⓘ
hosts	Art Basel contemporary art fair ⓘ Baselworld trade fair site (historically) ⓘ pharmaceutical industry headquarters cluster ⓘ
isoCode	CH-BS ⓘ
isSmallestCantonByArea	true ⓘ
joinedSwissConfederation	1501 ⓘ
judicialBody	Appellationsgericht Basel-Stadt ⓘ
languageGroupMajority	German-speaking Swiss ⓘ
largestCity	Basel-Stadt self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Basel
legislativeBody	Grosser Rat Basel-Stadt ⓘ
locatedInRegion	northwestern Switzerland ⓘ
municipality	Basel metropolitan area ⓘ surface form: Basel Bettingen ⓘ Riehen ⓘ
officialLanguage	German ⓘ
officialWebsite	https://www.bs.ch/ ⓘ
populationApproximate	200000 ⓘ
river	Rhine ⓘ
timeZone	Central European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Central European Summer Time ⓘ
usesDialingCode	+41 ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCode	BS ⓘ

Referenced by (55)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Desiderius Erasmus → residence → Basel-Stadt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Basel

Friedrich Nietzsche → residence → Basel-Stadt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Basel

Basel-Landschaft → separatedFrom → Basel-Stadt ⓘ

Treaty of Basel (1795) → signedIn → Basel-Stadt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Basel

Leonhard Euler → workLocation → Basel-Stadt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Basel