Allschwil
Allschwil | |
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Allschwil village | |
Location of Allschwil | |
| Coordinates: 47°33′N 7°32′E / 47.550°N 7.533°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Basel-Landschaft |
| District | Arlesheim |
| Government | |
| • Executive | Gemeinderat with 7 members |
| • Mayor | Gemeindepräsident/in Nicole Nüssli-Kaiser FDP/PRD |
| • Parliament | Einwohnerrat with 40 members |
| Area | |
• Total | 8.92 km2 (3.44 sq mi) |
| Elevation (Dorfplatz) | 285 m (935 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2018) | |
• Total | 21,150 |
| • Density | 2,400/km2 (6,100/sq mi) |
| Demonym | German: Allschwiler(in) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 4123 |
| SFOS number | 2762 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-BL |
| Localities | Neuallschwil |
| Surrounded by | Baselland (BL), Binningen, Buschwiller (FR-68), Hégenheim (FR-68), Neuwiller (FR-68), Oberwil, Saint-Louis (FR-68), Schönenbuch |
| Twin towns | Pfullendorf (Germany), Blaj (Romania) |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
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.