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Basel (['ba:zəl], also Basle [bɑːl] [1][2][3], German: Basel ['ba:zəl], French: Bâle [bɑl], Italian: Basilea [bazi'lɛːa], Romansh: Basilea [bazi'lɛːa]) is Switzerland's third most populous city (166,209[4] inhabitants (2008); 731,000 inhabitants in the me http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basel

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