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Basel
Basel-City · Switzerland
City population
177,595
#3
in Switzerland
#1
in Basel-City
#3,234
worldwide
47.558, 7.573 · 69 km from Bern
About Basel
Basel is a city in Basel-City, Switzerland with a population of 177,595. It is the 3rd largest of the 73 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Switzerland, and the 3,234th largest worldwide. It lies 69 km from Bern.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Basel-City
Rank in region
#1of 2
Elevation
279 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Zurich
Coordinates
47.558, 7.573
Record updated
2026-04-13
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 73 in SwitzerlandClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.