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Encyclopedia > Bettingen
Bettingen
Canton Basel-Stadt
District n.a.
Coordinates  47°36′ N 7°39′ E
Population 1173   (December 2002)
Area 2.23 km²
Elevation 378 m
Postal code 4126
Mayor Willi Bertschmann-Unholz
Website www.bettingen.ch
St Chrischona church in Bettingen
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St Chrischona church in Bettingen

Bettingen is a municipality in the canton of Basel-City, Switzerland. There are 1173 people living in Bettingen. The twenty-six cantons of Switzerland are the states of the federal state of Switzerland. ... Basel-City (in German: Basel-Stadt) is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland. ... In contrast to centrally organised states, in the federally constituted Switzerland each Canton is completely free to decide its own internal organisation. ... This article is about longitude and latitude; see also UTM coordinate system Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (vertically) and longitude (horizontally); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article explains the meaning of area as a physical quantity. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Elevation has several related meanings: Geography The elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or possibly some other fixed point). ... The metre, or meter, is the basic unit of length in the International System of Units (SI: Système International dUnités). ... Here are postal codes of Switzerland and Liechtenstein: Zone 1 1000s are found in Lausanne, Lavaux and parts of Morges, 1100s in parts of Morges, 1200s are in Geneva and parts of La Côte, Vaud, 1300s in La Vallée, 1500s are found in Clavaleyres, the 1700s are found... A mayor (from the Latin maÄ«or, meaning larger,greater) is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities. ... Basel-City (in German: Basel-Stadt) is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland. ...


Bettingen is split into two settlements. Dorf Bettingen is an alemannic settlement, located in a small basin. Chrischonahöhe is the other settlement, located around a St. Chrischona pigrimage centre (established 1840) on one of the hills. As early as 1356 a church was built on the heights, dedicated to Saint Chrischona. Since 1925 there are a hospital and retirement homes on the area. 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Events January 20 - Edward Balliol surrenders title as King of Scotland to Edward III of England April 16 — the King of the Serbian Kingdom of RaÅ¡ka Stefan DuÅ¡an is proclaimed Tsar (Emperor) of all Serbs, Arbanasses and Greeks in Skopje by the Serbian Orthodox Christian Patriarch of a... 1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...


A landmark for Bettingen, the Swisscom-Sendeturm St. Chrischona is located on the Chrischonahöhe. For the legal term denoting a ruling or law of great import, see landmark case For the former Las Vegas hotel and casino, see The Landmark Hotel and Casino. ... Emetteur de radiodiffusion Swisscom du St Chischona. ...


External link

  • Official website of Bettingen (in German)

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Basel-Stadt: Kanton, Gemeinden, Basel, Riehen und Bettingen, Staatsebenen, Basel-Landschaft, Baselbiet (609 words)
Basel-Stadt: Kanton, Gemeinden, Basel, Riehen und Bettingen, Staatsebenen, Basel-Landschaft, Baselbiet
Stadtkanton: Aufgrund der Grössenverhältnisse zwischen der Stadt Basel (rund 166'000 Einwohner/-innen) und den beiden Gemeinden Riehen und Bettingen (rund 21'000 bzw.
Auch die Gemeinden Riehen und Bettingen verfügen über Bürgergemeinden.
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