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Encyclopedia > Birsfelden

Coordinates: 47°33′N 7°37′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

Canton Basel-Country
District Arlesheim
Coordinates  47°33′N 7°37′E
Population 10,364   (December 2005)
Area 2.52 km²
Elevation 259 m
Postal code 4127
SFOS number 2766
Website www.birsfelden.ch

Birsfelden

Birsfelden is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim, in the canton of Basel-Country, Switzerland. The twenty-six cantons of Switzerland are the states of the federal state of Switzerland. ... Basel-Country (German: Basel-Landschaft; French: Bâle-Campagne) 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... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... The metre, or meter (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ... 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... The Official Munipality Key, formerly also known as the Official Municipality Characteristic Number or Municipality Code Number, is a number sequence for the identification of politically independent municipalities or municipality-free areas. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1359x922, 341 KB) Switzerland Map drawn by Tschubby see also Karte_Schweiz_Details. ... Image File history File links Locator_Dot. ... Municipalities are the smallest government division in Switzerland. ... Basel-Country (German: Basel-Landschaft; French: Bâle-Campagne) is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland. ...


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Birsfelden AG Hydropower Plant (87 words)
The company was registered in the commercial register of the canton of Basel-Landschaft on September 16, 1950 under the name of “Kraftwerk Birsfelden AG.” Its fully-paid capital of 30 million Swiss francs is divided into 3000 registered shares.
The company’s purpose is the exploitation of the hydroelectric power of the Rhine by constructing and operating Birsfelden hydropower plant.
The electrical power generated by the hydropower plant is sold to the Greater Basel Region in accordance with the provisions of the founding contract signed by the two parties.
Feuerwehr Birsfelden - Medienmitteilung Einsatz 101/04 (741 words)
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Weiter wird laufend kontrolliert, ob noch weitere Oelmengen in den Rhein fliessen.
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