4053
BaselThis postal code extends over 2 municipalities: postal delivery areas do not follow municipal borders.
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Location information
PLZ 4053- Postal code
- 4053
- Place name
- Basel
- Municipality
- Basel
- Canton
- Basel-CityBS
- Language
- German (Deutsch)
- Area
- 1.9 km²
- City quarters
- Gundeldingen54.1%, St.Alban25.1%, Bruderholz19.5%
Geographic coordinates
swisstopo- Latitude
- 47.541600°
- Longitude
- 7.593800°
- Municipality key (BFS)
- 2701
About this postal code
Postal code 4053 serves the area of Basel in the canton of BS, Switzerland. The municipality is identified by the official key 2701. The primary language in this region is German.
City quarters
BFS · 2024Postal code 4053 Basel covers parts of several statistical city quarters — a postal code is a delivery area, not a single neighbourhood: Gundeldingen, St.Alban & Bruderholz.
Share by area of the postal-code perimeter that falls in each BFS statistical quarter (City Statistics cities only). Percentages are of the postal code, not of the quarter.
- residents
- 18'562
- Median age
- 39.7
- Foreign
- 42.8%
- residents
- 12'260
- Median age
- 43.7
- Foreign
- 38.4%
- residents
- 9'508
- Median age
- 45.8
- Foreign
- 25.1%
1.4% of 4053 lies outside the city boundary — the postal code reaches beyond the city.
Which locality is in which municipality?
swisstopo · 2Municipalities in this postal code area
swisstopo · 2Localities
swisstopo · 1Taxes in Basel
ESTV · 2026Tax multipliers apply per municipality — shown for Basel.
Tax rank 3 of 3 in canton Basel-CityAccessibility (municipality of Basel)
ARE · NPVMElectricity (municipality of Basel)
ElCom · 2027 · BFEHealth-insurance premiums
BAG · 2024Premiums are set not per municipality but per canton and premium region. Shown is the average adult premium paid in canton Basel-City (2024, BAG) — it applies canton-wide, not to any single location.
Nearby postal codes
swisstopo- Where is postal code 4053?
- Postal code 4053 lies in 2 municipalities: Basel, Binningen (canton BS). Postal codes are delivery areas and do not follow municipal borders.
- Which localities and municipalities does postal code 4053 comprise?
- Postal code 4053 covers 1 localities across 2 municipalities. A postal code is a delivery area and does not follow municipal borders — the pairing is spelled out row by row. Basel & Binningen. Basel: Basel, Binningen.
- Which city quarters does postal code 4053 cover?
- Postal code 4053 covers parts of Gundeldingen (54.1%), St.Alban (25.1%), Bruderholz (19.5%). No quarter belongs entirely to a postal code: the percentages are the share of the code's area that falls in each quarter.
- Which district (Bezirk) is postal code 4053 in?
- Every municipality of postal code 4053 lies in Bezirk Arlesheim (canton BS).