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Basel ( / ˈ b ɑː z əl / or / ˈ b ɑː l / ; or less often used Basle ; German : Basel pronounced [ˈbaːzəl] ; French : Bâle [bɑl] ; Italian : Basilea [baziˈlɛːa] ; Romansh : Basilea [baziˈlɛːa] ) is Switzerland 's third most populous city (behind Zürich and Geneva ) with about 195,000 inhabitants. Located where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in France and Germany . In 2014, the Basel agglomeration was the third largest in Switzerland with a population of 537,100 in 74 mun
Located in northwest Switzerland on the river Rhine , Basel functions as a major industrial centre for the chemical and pharmaceutical industry . The Basel region, culturally extending into German Baden-Württemberg and French Alsace , reflects the heritage of its three states in the modern Latin name: "Regio TriRhena". It has the oldest university of the Swiss Confederation (1460).
Basel was a canton of Switzerland that was in existence between 1501 and 1833, when it was split into the two present-day 'half-cantons' of Basel-City and Basel-Country .