Basel-City

Basel-City (in German: Basel-Stadt) is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland. The city of Basel and the municipalities of Bettingen and Riehen form its territory.

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The canton of Basel-Stadt was created when the canton of Basel was divided in 1833. The result of this division was two half cantons: Basel-Stadt and Basel-Landschaft. The division itself was caused by the canton of Basel-Landschaft, and ironically the constitution of Basel-Stadt does not recognize the other half canton. A new constitution is currently (2003) worked at.

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Cantons of Switzerland: The twenty-six cantons of Switzerland are the states of the federal state of Switzerland. Historically and until the mid-19th century, each canton in the then-confederation was a sovereign state, with its own borders, army, and currency; the current federal structure was established in 1848....

Basel: Basel (English traditionally: Basle , German: Basel , French B?le , Italian Basilea ) is Switzerland's third most populous city (188,000 inhabitants in the canton of Basel-City as of 2004; the 690,000 inhabitants in the conurbation stretching across the immediate cantonal and national boundaries mad...

Basel-City related Images and Photos (experimental)

City Heat	City Girl	City Hall	City Hall (DVD)
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