Guide to Basel

According to data from 2007, 30.29% of canton citizens are people of foreign citizenship (56,106 inhabitants). Of all residents, 36% are not part of an organized religion, 27% are Protestants, 25% are Catholics, and 10% are other religious.

into the southern bank of the Rhine, which borders the cantons of Basel-Land and Basel-State? From the northern coast where the industrial zones are located, the Vies River flows into the Upper Rhine. Thanks to this location, Basel has become an important crossroads since its early days, and thus a major trading venue. It is therefore one of the most densely populated areas of Europe, yet it has over 320 hectares of grassland and 71 hectares of forest. With its 2 694 hectares of Basel, Betting and Ren (forming Basel-State Canton), the canton of the smallest land area The lowest point is located at the Kleinhuningen harbour - 245 m, and the Munster in the city centre is 270 m altitude. The highest point is located at Betting at St Krishna - 522 m. There is also the tallest building in Switzerland - the St. Krishna TV Tower. Basel State is one of Switzerland's semi-chronotrons. Its population is 191,542 inhabitants (June 2011) and has an area of 37 km². Administrative centre is the city of Basel. The official language is German.

Infrastructure
There is a peculiar railroad crossing with one of Europe's largest freight stations in neighbouring Mittens. Thanks to the cargo ports in the Basel region, which are the only ones in the country, Switzerland has a transport link with the North Sea. The Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport is built by and serves the 3 neighbouring countries: Switzerland, France and Germany. It is located on the French territory, reached by Switzerland on an extraterritorial route. There is a border checkpoint at the airport itself. Basel is located in the most north-western point of Switzerland on both sides of the Rhine. The river makes a 90 ° turn at the foot of Schwartzwalder and the Swiss Jura, which is called the Rheinknie. There ends the part of the "high Rhine" river and begins "Upper Rhine". Shortly before this point, the Bris River flows