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Municipality · canton of Basel-Stadt

Riehen

Municipality number 2703 in the federal register.

residents, 2025
22’774
km² of land
10.87
residents per km²
2’095
District
None (the canton has no districts here)
Residents 2025
22’774+1.1% on 2024
Foreign residents
29.9%6’809 people
Private households 2025
10’176
Land area
10.87 km²without lakes
Building insurance
Compulsory, with Gebäudeversicherung des Kantons Basel-Stadt (the canton’s own insurer).0.25 ‰ of the insured value a year, stamp duty included: CHF 250 per CHF 1 million.Prämienbestimmungen SG 695.400 § 3 para. 1, read 12.10.2026; Prämienbestimmungen SG 695.400 § 3 para. 6, read 12.10.2026
Mortgage lenders
10 of 10lenders on MEconomy with no stated limit that excludes this canton
Postcodes
4058, 4125

What a household pays here

Health insurance and electricity for your household in Riehen, against where you live today.

Sources: population and foreign residents on 31.12.2025 and private households 2025, Federal Statistical Office (STATPOP), on today’s municipal boundaries; municipalities, districts and land area without lakes, swisstopo swissTLMRegio; postcodes, swisstopo’s official locality register. Updated each September.