Riehen
Riehen (Swiss German: Rieche) is a municipality in the canton of Basel-Stadt in Switzerland. Together with the city of Basel and Bettingen, Riehen is one of three municipalities in the canton.
Riehen | |
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The Fondation Beyeler. | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location of Riehen | |
Riehen Riehen | |
| Coordinates: 47°35′N 7°38′E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Basel-Stadt |
| District | n.a. |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Hansjörg Wilde |
| Area | |
| • Total | 10.87 km2 (4.20 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 278 m (912 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2018) | |
| • Total | 21,340 |
| • Density | 2,000/km2 (5,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 4125 |
| SFOS number | 2703 |
| Surrounded by | Basel, Bettingen, Birsfelden (BL), Grenzach-Wyhlen (DE-BW), Inzlingen (DE-BW), Lörrach (DE-BW), Weil am Rhein (DE-BW) |
| Twin towns | Miercurea Ciuc(Romania), Mutten (Switzerland) |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
Riehen hosts the Fondation Beyeler (a privately owned art gallery) as well as a toy museum and several parks.
Riehen was the first municipality in Switzerland to elect a woman, Trudy Späth-Schweizer to political office, in 1958.
The mathematician Leonhard Euler and the tennis player Roger Federer lived in Riehen during their childhood years.
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