Allschwil

Allschwil
Allschwil village
Allschwil village
Coat of arms of Allschwil
Location of Allschwil
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Allschwil is located in Switzerland
Allschwil
Allschwil
Allschwil is located in Canton of Basel-Landschaft
Allschwil
Allschwil
Coordinates: 47°33′N 7°32′E / 47.550°N 7.533°E / 47.550; 7.533
CountrySwitzerland
CantonBasel-Landschaft
DistrictArlesheim
Government
 • ExecutiveGemeinderat
with 7 members
 • MayorGemeindepräsident/in
Nicole Nüssli-Kaiser FDP/PRD
 • ParliamentEinwohnerrat
with 40 members
Area
 • Total8.92 km2 (3.44 sq mi)
Elevation
(Dorfplatz)
285 m (935 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2018)[2]
 • Total21,150
 • Density2,400/km2 (6,100/sq mi)
DemonymGerman: Allschwiler(in)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
4123
SFOS number2762
ISO 3166 codeCH-BL
LocalitiesNeuallschwil
Surrounded byBaselland (BL), Binningen, Buschwiller (FR-68), Hégenheim (FR-68), Neuwiller (FR-68), Oberwil, Saint-Louis (FR-68), Schönenbuch
Twin townsPfullendorf (Germany), Blaj (Romania)
Websitewww.allschwil.ch
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Allschwil (German pronunciation: [ˈalʃvi:l]) is a village and a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.

Allschwil is a seamless suburb of Basel and is located between Basel to the east and Alsace in France to the west.

The official language of Allschwil is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect.

  1. ^ a b "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.