Trinational Eurodistrict of Basel

Basel metropolitan area

The Basel metropolitan area extends across three countries: Switzerland, France and Germany. The Trinational Eurodistrict Basel (Template:Lang-de (TEB)/ Template:Lang-fr (ETB)) is an organization of municipalities and cities in the area of Basel that carries out common planning. It is an extension of the Trinational Agglomeration Basel (Template:Lang-de (TAB)/Template:Lang-fr (ATB).

The TEB has approximately 830,000 inhabitants. with 60% in Switzerland, 30% in Germany and 10% in France. It consists of:

• In Switzerland:
  • Basel-Stadt and Basel-Landschaft cantons
  • in the Canton of Solothurn the Thierstein District, Dorneck District and the Forum Regio Plus
  • in Aargau canton the municipalities of the Fricktal planning region
• In France:
  • The municipalities of the Pays de Saint-Louis with the communautés de communes of:
    • Trois Frontières (including EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg)
    • Porte du Sundgau
    • Pays de Sierentz
• In Germany:
  • the Lorrach district
  • in the Waldshut district the cities Wehr and Bad Säckingen

External links

• Official website of the Trinational Basel Eurodistrict (in German and French)
• "The Basel Metropolitan Area: Three Borders - One Metropolitan Area", The International Centre for Local and Regional Development