Canton of Basel

Canton of Basel
Kanton Basel
Canton of the Old Swiss Confederacy, of the Helvetic Republic and of Restoration Switzerland
1501–1833
Flag of Basel, Canton
Flag
Coat of arms of Basel, Canton
Coat of arms

The canton of Basel, shown within the northern part of the Helvetic Republic, as at 1802; the canton of Fricktal (adjacent) joined the Aargau later that year.
CapitalBasel
History 
1501
15 May 1648
1792–1793
1798–1802
• Partition into half-cantons
16 August 1833
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Bishopric of Basel Bishopric of Basel
Basel-City Basel-Country
Basel-Country Basel-Country

Basel was a canton of Switzerland that was in existence between 1501 and 1833, when it was split into the two half-cantons of Basel-City and Basel-Country.[1]

  1. ^ The term "half-canton" refers to the constitutional status of these entities during 1848–1999. Since 1999, they are officially "cantons" with "half-vote" in the Council of States (je eine halbe Standesstimme, Swiss Constitution of 1999, paragraph 142.4)