What is Basel?
{{coord|47|34|N|7|36|E|display=title}} {{Infobox Swiss town |subject_name = Basel<br />{{small|Basle}} |municipality_type = municipality, city, and canton |image_photo = Rhine Rhein Basel 2006 871.JPG |image_caption = View from the Rhine |snow_image = |snow_imagecaption = |imagepath_coa = Wappen Basel-Stadt matt.svg |pixel_coa = |map = Karte Gemeinde Basel 2007.png |canton = Basel-Stadt |iso-code-region = CH-BS |district = n.a |coordinates = {{coord|47|33|17|N|07|35|26|E|display=inline,Basel}} |postal_code = 4000 |municipality_code = 2701 |area = 22.75 |population = |mayor = Beat Jans |mayor_asof = 2020 |mayor_party = SP |mayor_title = Regierungspräsident/in |executive_name = [[Basel#Government|Regierungsrat]] |executive_number_of_members = 7 |parliament_name = [[Basel#Parliament|Grosser Rat]] |parliament_number_of_members = 100 |places = |demonyms = {{lang-de|link=no|Basler(in)}}, {{lang-fr|link=no|Bâlois(e)}}, {{lang-it|Basilese}} |neighboring_municipalities= [[Allschwil]] (BL), [[Hégenheim]] (FR-68), [[Binningen, Switzerland|Binningen]] (BL), [[Birsfelden]] (BL), [[Bottmingen]] (BL), [[Huningue]] (FR-68), [[Münchenstein]] (BL), [[Muttenz]] (BL), [[Reinach, Basel-Country|Reinach]] (BL), [[Riehen]] (BS), [[Saint-Louis, Haut-Rhin|Saint-Louis]] (FR-68), [[Weil am Rhein]] (DE-BW) |twintowns = [[Shanghai]], [[Miami Beach]] |website = www.bs.ch }} '''Basel''' ([[french language|French:]] ''Bâle'') is a [[city]] in the north of [[Switzerland]]. It is sometimes called '''Basle''' in [[English language|English]].<ref>Grihault, Nicki 2011. Basle, Switzerland: A cultural guide. T Travel, Telegraph Media Group, London. [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/switzerland/8741459/Basle-Switzerland-A-cultural-guide.html]</ref> Basel is the [[capital (city)|capital]] of the Swiss [[cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Basel-Stadt]].