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Riehen

Western Europe

Riehen is a municipality in the canton of Basel-Stadt in Switzerland. Together with the city of Basel and the municipality of Bettingen, Riehen is one of three municipalities in the canton. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Population
22,534 1
Area (sq km)
10.87 1
Founding Year
1157 2
Founding Year
1157 2
Population Estimate Year
2024 1
Elevation (m)
278 1
Latitude
47.580556 degrees north 1
Longitude
7.649167 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 3
Sources
1. Riehen (Wikidata)
  • P1082 (population)
    population 22,534 (2024)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 47.580556, longitude 7.649167
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 278 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 10.87 sq km
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 22534 (2024)
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2. Riehen (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    Riehen (Swiss Standard German pronunciation: [ˈriːən] ; Swiss German: Rieche) is a municipality in the canton of Basel-Stadt in Switzerland.
  • Source text, founding-year-range-start: 1157
    Riehen is first mentioned in 1157 as Rieheim.
  • Source text, founding-year-range-end: 1157
    Riehen is first mentioned in 1157 as Rieheim.
  • Source text, founding-year: 1157
    Riehen is first mentioned in 1157 as Rieheim.
  • In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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3. GeoNames: Riehen - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 3206590
    47.57884 7.64683 P PPL CH BS 1200 2703 20000 280 Europe/Zurich
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 280 m
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 47.75, 7.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 47.75, 7.75
47.75 7.75 Cfb
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