Basel (BAH-zəl) or Basle (BAHL; French: Bâle; Italian: Basilea; Romansh: Basilea) is a city in northwestern Switzerland on the river Rhine. Basel is Switzerland's third-most-populous city (after Zürich and Geneva) with about 180,000 inhabitants. The official language of Basel is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the main spoken language is the local Basel German dialect. The city is known for its many museums, ranging from the Kunstmuseum, the first collection of art accessible to the public in Europe (1661) and the largest museum of art in Switzerland, to the Fondation Beyeler (located in Riehen). The University of Basel, Switzerland's oldest university (founded in 1460), and the city's centuries-long commitment to humanism, have made Basel a safe haven at times of political unrest in other parts of Europe for such notable people as Erasmus of Rotterdam, the Holbein family, Friedrich Nietzsche, and in the 20th century also Hermann Hesse and Karl Jaspers. The city of Basel is Switzerland's second-largest economic centre after the city of Zürich and has the highest GDP per capita in the country, ahead of the cantons of Zug and Geneva. In terms of value, over 94% of Basel City's goods exports are in the chemical and pharmaceutical sectors. With production facilities located in the neighbouring Schweizerhalle, Basel accounts for 20% of Swiss exports and generates one-third of the national product.
| # | Company | Locations in Basel | Job ads/yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ROCKEN | Pratteln, Muttenz | 4,757 |
| 2 | Roche | Saint-Louis, Grenzach-Wyhlen | 1,619 |
| 3 | Crit | Saint-Louis, Huningue, Village-Neuf | 891 |
| 4 | Universität Basel | 737 | |
| 5 | Novartis | Huningue | 643 |
| 6 | COOP | Muttenz, M�nchenstein, Birsfelden | 605 |
| 7 | Universitätsspital Basel | Binningen | 558 |
| 8 | Endress+Hauser | Reinach, Weil am Rhein | 532 |
| 9 | das team | Birsfelden, Lörrach | 498 |
| 10 | Yellowshark | Muttenz, Reinach | 440 |
| 11 | Universitätsspital Basel (USB) | 336 | |
| 12 | Kantonale Verwaltung Basel-Landschaft | Oberwil, Pratteln | 321 |
| 13 | Universitätspital Basel | Binningen | 298 |
| 14 | Work Selection | Muttenz | 295 |
| 15 | Lonza | 288 | |
| 16 | Helvetia Versicherungen Schweiz | Binningen, Reinach | 270 |
| 17 | Medartis | Weil am Rhein | 269 |
| 18 | Kollabo | Riehen, Birsfelden, Therwil | 267 |
| 19 | agap2 Switzerland | 262 | |
| 20 | Flexsis | Allschwil | 253 |
| 21 | exedra | Binningen, Birsfelden, Muttenz | 243 |
| 22 | ISS Schweiz | Weil am Rhein | 236 |
| 23 | Jet Aviation | Saint-Louis | 211 |
| 24 | Coopers Group | 205 | |
| 25 | Stadt Lörrach | Lörrach | 198 |
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