Birsfelden

Birsfelden is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland, and one of the suburbs of Basel. It lies south of the Rhine and on the right bank of the Birs, and consists of a linear village with a harbour and a power plant on the Rhine. The municipality is small, about 2.5 square kilometres, and most of its land is built up, with industrial buildings, housing and transport infrastructure taking up much of the area. Its population was about 10,400 in mid 2021, mostly German speakers with sizeable Italian and French minorities. Birsfelden was part of Muttenz until 1874, and the name appears in records from 1274 as Rinvelden.