Birsfelden
municipality in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland
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Summary
Birsfelden is a Municipality of Switzerland[1]. Birsfelden ranks in the top 5% of municipality of switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (668 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Arlesheim District[3]
- Country: Switzerland[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Rhine[5], Birs[6]
- Instance of: city of Switzerland[7]
- Official language: German[8]
- Shares border with: Muttenz[9], Basel[10]
- Twinned administrative body: Plan-les-Ouates[11]
- Postal code: 4127[12]
- Commons category: Birsfelden[13]
- Licence plate code: BL[14]
- Local dialing code: 061[15]
- Official website: https://www.birsfelden.ch/[16]
- Topic's main category: Category:Birsfelden[17]
- Population: 10,410[18], 10,299[19], 10,445[20]
- External data available at URL: https://geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/2766[21]
- Official name: Birsfelden[22]
- List of monuments: list of cultural properties in Birsfelden[23]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Birsfelden, Switzerland[24]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Birsfelden, Switzerland[25]
- Elevation above sea level: 259 m[26], 261 m[27]
- Area: 2.52 km²[28], 2.51 km²[29]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Govdirectory[30]
Why It Matters
Birsfelden has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] Birsfelden is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]