Canton · BS

Basel-Stadt

3 municipalities.

residents, 2025: 204’157
km² of land: 37
residents per km²: 5’525

Building insurance: Compulsory, with Gebäudeversicherung des Kantons Basel-Stadt (the canton’s own insurer).0.25 ‰ of the insured value a year, stamp duty included: CHF 250 per CHF 1 million.Prämienbestimmungen SG 695.400 § 3 para. 1, read 12.10.2026; Prämienbestimmungen SG 695.400 § 3 para. 6, read 12.10.2026


Basel	—	180’097	23.85	7’551
Riehen	—	22’774	10.87	2’095
Bettingen	—	1’286	2.23	577

Sources: population and foreign residents on 31.12.2025 and private households 2025, Federal Statistical Office (STATPOP), on today’s municipal boundaries; municipalities, districts and land area without lakes, swisstopo swissTLMRegio; postcodes, swisstopo’s official locality register. Updated each September.