Basel City BS
Political representation at cantonal level
Cantonal government:
Cantonal parliament:
Political representation in the national parliament
House of Representatives):
Social Democratic Party (3 seats):
Remo Gysin, Rudolf Rechsteiner, Sylvia Schenker
Radical Party (1 seat):
Urs Schweizer
Swiss People’s Party (1 seat):
Jean Henri Dunant
Senate:
Anita Fetz, Social Democratic Party
Ralph Lewin, Barbara Schneider, Eva Herzog
Jörg Schild, Hanspeter Gass
Christoph Eymann
Carlo Conti
Guy Morin
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Capital: Basel
Area: 37 km2
Number of communes: 3
Resident population (2005): 190’500
Foreign population (2005): 29.8%
Per capita income (2004): SFr. 107’592
Unemployment rate (2006): 3.7%
Date of entry into the Swiss Confederation: 1501
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