Living in Iselin — Basel neighbourhood
When founded in 1904, the quarter was initially called "Hegenheim", after the neighbouring Alsatian village. Because part of the population rejected the "foreign-sounding" name, it was renamed Iselin in 1932 after the Isaak-Iselin-Schule. The Basel Enlightenment philosopher Isaak Iselin (1728–1782) met both Rousseau and the naturalist Buffon on a trip to Paris in 1752; in 1777 he founded the GGG Basel, a society for the promotion of public welfare that remains active to this day. Iselin lies in the west of Basel, between St. Johann to the north, Allschwil and the French border near St-Louis to the west, Gotthelf to the south and Am Ring to the east — with around 17,000 residents, it is the city's third-largest quarter. Its finest landmark is the Strassburgerallee with its magnificent chestnut trees. The Bachgraben recreational area, with an outdoor pool and mini-golf, lies right next door, as does the Bachgraben life sciences cluster in Allschwil. It is a classic, densely populated residential quarter with a fair amount of traffic along the Wasgenring.
| Population | 18'193 |
| To Basel SBB station (min) | 16 |
| To Marktplatz (min) | 16 |
| To Messeplatz (min) | 19 |
| Green space | 37% |
| Avg. age | 40.5 |
Residential and close to the centre, with the chestnut-lined Strassburgerallee as its finest corner: Iselin combines proximity to the city with short distances to Bachgraben and the pharma workplaces in Allschwil.
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