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=== Location === Basel is located in [[Northwestern Switzerland]] and is commonly considered to be the capital of that region.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Penhill|first=Ben|date=2019-10-20 |title=Is Basel in Germany or Switzerland? |url=https://short-fact.com/is-basel-in-germany-or-switzerland/ |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=short-fact}}</ref> It is close to the point where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, and Basel also has suburbs in France and Germany.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Elia |first=Letizia |title=Border triangle |url=https://www.basel.com/en/attractions/border-triangle-9d4ce8b6b0 |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=Basel}}</ref> {{As of|2016}}, the Swiss Basel agglomeration was the third-largest in Switzerland, with a population of 541,000<ref name=Agglomeration>{{cite web |url=https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/en/home/statistics/cross-sectional-topics/city-statistics/agglomeration-portraits/basel.html |title=Agglomeration portraits: Basel |publisher=Federal Statistical Office FSO |location=Neuchâtel, Switzerland |type=official site |date=2017 |access-date=21 August 2018 |archive-date=21 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180821223124/https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/en/home/statistics/cross-sectional-topics/city-statistics/agglomeration-portraits/basel.html |url-status=live }}</ref> in 74 municipalities in Switzerland (municipal count as of 2018).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/querschnittsthemen/raeumliche-analysen/raeumliche-gliederungen/analyseregionen.html |title=Analyseregionen |publisher=Federal Statistical Office FSO |date=21 February 2018 |type=official site |location=Neuchâtel, Switzerland |language=de, fr |access-date=22 August 2018 |archive-date=19 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019031743/https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/querschnittsthemen/raeumliche-analysen/raeumliche-gliederungen/analyseregionen.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[metropolitan area]], called the [[Trinational Eurodistrict of Basel]] (TEB), consists of 62 suburban communes including municipalities in neighboring countries, and counted 829,000 inhabitants in 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.are.admin.ch/are/de/home/raumentwicklung-und-raumplanung/programme-und-projekte/modellvorhaben-nachhaltige-raumentwicklung/modellvorhaben-nachhaltige-raumentwicklung-2002-2007/trinationaler-eurodistrict-basel--teb-.html |title=Trinationaler Eurodistrict Basel (TEB) |publisher=Bundesamt für Raumentwicklung ARE |date=2007 |type=official site |location=Berne, Switzerland |language=de, fr, it |access-date=22 August 2018 |archive-date=22 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822014743/https://www.are.admin.ch/are/de/home/raumentwicklung-und-raumplanung/programme-und-projekte/modellvorhaben-nachhaltige-raumentwicklung/modellvorhaben-nachhaltige-raumentwicklung-2002-2007/trinationaler-eurodistrict-basel--teb-.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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