Basel-Stadt

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Canton of Basel-Stadt or Basel-City (Template:Langx {{#invoke:IPA|main}}; Template:Langx; Template:Langx {{#invoke:IPA|main}}; Template:Langx) is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of three municipalities with Basel as the capital. It is traditionally considered a "half-canton", the other half being Basel-Landschaft, its rural counterpart.

Basel-Stadt is one of the northernmost and lowest cantons of Switzerland, and the smallest by area. The canton lies on both sides of the Rhine and is very densely populated. The largest municipality is Basel, followed by Riehen and Bettingen. The only canton sharing borders with Basel-Stadt is Basel-Landschaft to the south. To the north of Basel-Stadt are France and Germany, with the tripoint being in the middle of the Rhine.

Together with Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt was part of the Canton of Basel, which joined the Old Swiss Confederacy in 1501. Political quarrels and armed conflict led to the partition of the canton in 1833.

Basel-Stadt is Switzerland's seventh-largest economic centre<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and has the highest GDP per capita in the country, ahead of the cantons of Zug and Geneva (in 2018).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In terms of value, over 94% of Basel City's goods exports are in the chemical and pharmaceutical sectors. With production facilities located in the neighbouring Schweizerhalle, Basel accounts for 20% of Swiss exports.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

History

The canton of Basel-Stadt was created when the historic canton of Basel was divided in 1833, following political quarrels and armed conflict in the canton. Some of these were concerned with the rights of the population in the agricultural areas. They ultimately led to the separation of the canton of Basel-Landschaft from the city of Basel on 26 August 1833. Since then, there has been a movement for reunification. This movement gained momentum after 1900 when many parts of Basel-Landschaft became industrialized. The two half-cantons agreed in principle to reunite, but in 1969, and again in September 2014, the people of Basel-Landschaft voted against this proposal in favour of retaining their independence.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Geography

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View from St. Chrischona, the highest location in the canton

The canton of Basel-Stadt is located in the north of Switzerland. Basel is located at the so-called 'knee' of the Rhine, at the point where from the west the little Birsig joins the Rhine from the left, and where the Rhine itself switches from flowing in a westerly direction to a northerly flow. It is the second flattest canton, with a height difference of only 277 metres between the Rhine and St. Chrischona.

Bettingen, Riehen and a part of Basel city lie on the east bank of the Rhine, bordered on three sides by the German state of Baden-Württemberg. The rest of the canton lies on the west bank of the Rhine.

The area of the canton is Template:Cvt, making Basel-Stadt the smallest canton in Switzerland. It is sometimes likened to a city-state.<ref>Canton of Basel-Stadt Welcome</ref>

Basel-Stadt borders Basel-Landschaft to the south, the only adjacent canton. To the north, it borders Germany (Baden-Württemberg) and France (Grand Est). The three countries meet in the middle of the Rhine, about 150 metres north of the Dreiländereck monument.<ref>Swisstopo topographic maps</ref>

Municipalities

There are three municipalities:

Municipality	Inhabitants (Template:Swiss populations date)Template:Swiss populations ref	Area
		km2	sq mi
Basel	Template:Swiss populations	Template:Cvt
Bettingen	Template:Swiss populations	Template:Cvt
Riehen	Template:Swiss populations	Template:Cvt

Politics

The canton of Basel-Stadt shares its political structure and administration with the municipality of Basel.

{{#invoke:Lang|lang}} is a half-canton. This means that the canton only sends one representative to the Council of States. The capital of the canton {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} is the city of Basel. The present constitution of the canton dates from 1889. In 1966 Basel-Stadt became the first German-speaking canton to allow women to vote, five years before the right to vote was extended to all Swiss women in 1971.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The parliament of the canton is the Grand Council, which has 100 members, who are elected for four years at a time. There are eight different political parties represented in the parliament; the largest party is the Social Democratic Party, with 32 seats.

The executive of the canton ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}) is made up of seven members.

The canton has a sister state status with Massachusetts.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Federal election results

Percentage of the total vote per party in the canton in the Federal Elections 1971–2015<ref>Template:Cite report</ref>

Party		Ideology	1971	1975	1979	1983	1987	1991	1995	1999	2003	2007	2011	2015
FDP.The Liberals{{#if:a|a|[1]}}	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Classical liberalism	11.5	11.4	14.1	13.5	11.2	15.8	12.2	12.1	9.9	11.3	12.3	9.8
CVP/PDC/PPD/PCD	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Christian democracy	11.2	12.1	13.9	9.9	10.0	10.4	9.7	8.6	6.6	7.4	6.5	6.4
SP/PS	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Social democracy	30.4	33.3	33.3	31.0	25.9	25.3	35.5	33.3	40.9	35.2	29.1	33.3
SVP/UDC	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Swiss nationalism	b|[2]}}	*	*	*	*	2.0	*	13.6	18.6	18.5	16.5	17.6
LPS/PLS	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Swiss Liberal	13.0	11.6	11.2	8.3	12.3	13.3	14.9	10.7	8.5	9.2	6.8	11.5
Ring of Independents		Social liberalism	12.7	9.9	7.6	7.0	9.4	7.4	*	*	*	*	*	*
EVP/PEV	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Christian democracy	*	4.0	*	4.8	4.5	3.3	4.1	3.8	2.9	3.6	2.5	2.3
GLP/PVL	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Green liberalism	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	5.8	4.8
BDP/PBD	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Conservatism	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	2.2	1.1
PdA/PST-POP/PC/PSL	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Socialism	6.1	4.6	4.7	2.3	1.9	1.4	1.3	*	*	*	*	*
POCH		Progressivism	1.8	4.2	10.3	11.9	9.4	7.8	c|[3]}}	*	*	*	*	*
GPS/PES	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Green politics	*	*	*	*	1.1	4.4	5.6	8.7	9.2	12.1	13.4	11.2
FGA		Feminist	*	*	*	1.0	3.3	d|[4]}}	6.0	e|[5]}}	*	*	*	*
Solidarity	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Anti-capitalism	*	*	*	*	*	*	0.7	*	*	*	*	*
SD/DS	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	National conservatism	8.0	8.2	3.9	5.3	4.5	3.2	6.9	3.8	1.1	0.7	*	*
Rep.		Republicanism	4.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
EDU/UDF	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Christian right	*	*	*	*	*	0.9	*	*	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.5
Other			0.4	0.8	0.9	5.0	6.5	4.8	0.7	5.5	1.6	1.7	4.2	1.4
Voter participation %			46.5	43.8	39.4	45.7	43.6	45.0	46.8	47.4	49.6	52.4	50.3	50.4

^a{{#if:| }} FDP before 2009, FDP.The Liberals after 2009

^b{{#if:| }} "*" indicates that the party was not on the ballot in this canton.

^c{{#if:| }} Part of the FGA

^d{{#if:| }} Part of the POCH

^e{{#if:| }} Part of the GPS

Demographics

Historical population

The historical population is given in the following table:

Historic Population Data<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation				CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Year	Total Population	Swiss	Non-Swiss
1850	29,698	22,879	6,819
1900	112,227	69,446	42,781
1950	196,498	180,145	16,353
1990	199,411	152,601	46,810
2020	196,735

The population of the canton (as of Template:Swiss populations date) is Template:Swiss populations.Template:Swiss populations ref Template:As of, the population included 56,106 foreigners, or about 30.29% of the total population.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The population (Template:As of) is nearly evenly split between Roman Catholics (25%) and Protestants (27%). About 10% of the population was classed as adhering to another religion, while 36% did not belong to an organized religion.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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Template:Flagcountry	6.42%	5.44%	4.18%	4.32%
Template:Flagcountry	3.27%	4.38%	3.56%	3.09%
Template:Flagcountry	2.79%	3.13%	Template:NA	Template:NA
Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry	Template:NA	Template:NA	2.46%	2.14%
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Template:Flagcountry	Template:NA	1.12%	1.17%	1.11%
Template:Flagcountry	0.59%	0.54%	0.76%	1.10%
Template:Flagcountry	0.35%	0.48%	0.96%	1.10%
Template:Flagcountry	0.12%	0.17%	0.65%	0.83%
Template:Flagcountry	0.25%	0.31%	0.63%	0.80%
Template:Flagcountry	0.45%	0.45%	0.58%	0.61%
Template:Flagcountry	0.09%	0.08%	0.23%	0.47%
Template:Flagcountry	Template:NA	0.81%	0.54%	0.44%
Template:Flagcountry	0.15%	0.10%	0.19%	0.42%
Template:Flagcountry	0.30%	0.63%	0.49%	0.41%
Template:Flagcountry	Template:NA	0.00%	0.10%	0.40%
Template:Flagcountry	0.18%	0.21%	0.32%	0.40%
Template:Flagcountry	0.05%	0.04%	0.12%	0.34%
Template:Flagcountry	Template:NA	0.68%	0.41%	0.32%
Template:Flagcountry	0.03%	0.12%	0.28%	0.30%

Economy

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Novartis headquarters in Basel

The economic area of Basel is considered to be the second largest economic centre in Switzerland, after Zurich. The chemical industry and the pharmaceutical industry are of greatest significance in the canton. There are a number of multinationals in the city of Basel, attracting workers from both cantons of Basel and the areas across the border in France and Germany. Banking and finance are important as is the service sector in general. Small and middle-sized businesses employ a significant number of people, both in the city as the two municipalities. The canton is also known for its banking sector, and for being the worldwide seat of the Bank for International Settlements.

Economically, the neighbouring lands in Germany and France are not separated from the area of the canton of Basel-Stadt. Good transport links across the border, as well as supportive local governments, facilitate this link.

The fact that three nation-states come together in one spot near Basel ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}) helps attract tourists. The site is clearly identified and a popular destination for primary school classes. The carnival attracts a large number of people from across Switzerland and the neighbouring countries.

In 2014, there were 104 workers in Basel-Stadt who worked in the primary sector (the total for all of Switzerland is 3.3%). In the same year the secondary sector employed 36,441 or about 19.0% of the total workforce. Of those in the secondary sector, nearly half of the workers were involved in the production of pharmaceutical products. The tertiary sector employed 154,896 or about 80.9% of the total, which is slightly higher than 74.9% nationwide. Of those in the tertiary sector, health care, education and retail sales made up about a quarter. Some of the other major tertiary fields included job placement (5.1%), management and business consulting (4.1%), public administration (3.9%), architectural and engineering offices (3.7%) and financial services (3.5%).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead link</ref>

Transport

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Tram service for commuting within the Basel city area

There is an international airport at Basel-Mulhouse, actually located Template:Cvt inside French territory but with customs-free access from the city. The canton is well connected by both trains and motorways to the rest of Switzerland and the neighbouring areas in France and Germany.

Basel is a major railway station of Switzerland, connected to Paris and Berlin with direct fast trains.

There is a port at Basel for ships on the Rhine. This port is of great significance to landlocked Switzerland, as it offers the country's only direct connection to the sea. The port benefits from good connections to both rail and road.

Culture

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The Carnival of Basel ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}) is a major cultural event in the year. The carnival is one of the biggest in Switzerland and attracts large crowds, despite the fact that many of its central traditions are played out in the early morning starting at 4am ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}) and followed by a continuous run of festivities for 72 hours.

The Autumn Fair in Basel ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}) is the biggest in Switzerland.

The canton of Basel is renowned for two of its biscuits. The Basler Läckerli is a hard biscuit made of honey, almonds, candied peel and Kirsch, and is enjoyed as a speciality all year round. The Basler Brunsli is made of almonds and generally enjoyed at Christmas all around Switzerland.

The Basel Messe convention center is the location of several international events. The largest are Art Basel, an art show for modern and contemporary works, and BaselWorld, a major watch and jewellery show.

Famous cultural ambassadors of Basel are the Top Secret Drum Corps and the Basel Boys Choir.

See also

• List of castles and fortresses in Switzerland
• Swiss plateau
• Pharmaceutical industry

External links

• Template:Official website
• Official statistics (archived)
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