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Birsfelden

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Also known as Birsfelden BL

Birsfelden (Swiss German: Birsfälde) is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name
Birsfelden
Swiss town.image_photo
Picswiss BL-52-02.jpg
Swiss town.municipality_type
municipality
Swiss town.imagepath_flag
CHE Birsfelden Flag.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
Coat of arms of Birsfelden.svg
Swiss town.canton
Basel-Landschaft
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-BL
Swiss town.district
Arlesheim
Swiss town.postal_code
4127
Swiss town.municipality_code
2766
Swiss town.area
2.52
Swiss town.elevation
259
Swiss town.website
www.birsfelden.ch
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
Basel (BS), Grenzach-Wyhlen (DE-BW), Muttenz, Riehen (BS)
Swiss town.twintowns
Plan-les-Ouates (Switzerland)

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  • History
  • Geography
  • Coat of arms
  • Demographics
  • Heritage sites of national significance
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Religion
  • Education
  • Notable people
  • References
  • External links

Birsfelden (Swiss German: Birsfälde) is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.

==History== Birsfelden is first mentioned in 1274 as minor Rinvelden. Around 1500 it was first mentioned as Birsfeld.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Birsfelden” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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