Riehen
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| Riehen | ||||||||||
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| Population | 20,722 (December 2002) | |||||||||
| - Density | 1,906 /km² (4,937 /sq.mi.) | |||||||||
| Area | 10.87 km² (4.2 sq mi) | |||||||||
| Elevation | 278 m (912 ft) | |||||||||
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| Postal code | 4125 | |||||||||
| SFOS number | 2703 | |||||||||
| Mayor | Willi Fischer | |||||||||
| Surrounded by (view map) |
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.riehen.ch | |||||||||
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Riehen is a municipality in the canton of Basel-City in Switzerland. Together with the city of Basel and Bettingen, Riehen is one of three municipalities in the canton.
Riehen hosts the Fondation Beyeler (a renowned privately-owned art gallery) as well as a toy museum. It also features numerous heritage sites of national significance:[1] the church of St. Martin, several residential houses (the Wettsteinhäuser and the houses Huber, Schaeffer and Colnaghi) as well as the Wenkenhof estate.
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