Head to head
Basel vs Lausanne
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Basel is the larger of the two, with 177,595 people to 139,111 in Lausanne. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Everything below is the evidence for that: population, size within each city’s own country, the distance between them, and where each one stands on the global board.
The answer
SummaryNeither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Basel is the larger of the two, with 177,595 people to 139,111 in Lausanne. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Basel nor Lausanne has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Switzerland| Metric | Basel | Lausanne |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 177,595 | 139,111 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Switzerland | Switzerland |
| Region | Basel-City | Vaud |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 12:51 AM · UTC+02:00 | 12:51 AM · UTC+02:00 |
| CityWar rank | Unclaimed | Unclaimed |
| City score$1 contributed = 1 point | $0 | $0 |
| Backers | 0 | 0 |
| Score added todaysince 00:00 UTC | $0 | $0 |
Distance and time
136 km apartBasel and Lausanne are 136 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Switzerland. Lausanne keeps time the same time as Basel.
Basel has 38,484 more people — 1.3× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Basel or Lausanne?
- Basel is the larger city by population, with 177,595 people to 139,111 in Lausanne — a difference of 38,484. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Basel and Lausanne?
- 136 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Switzerland. Lausanne keeps time the same time as Basel.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Basel or Lausanne?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Basel is the larger of the two, with 177,595 people to 139,111 in Lausanne. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
- How is a city's CityWar score calculated?
- One US dollar contributed is one point, and cities are ordered by total score with the highest first. When two cities are level the one backed first holds the higher rank. Nothing else is in the calculation — no population weighting, no votes and no editorial judgement — which is why Basel and Lausanne both currently sit at $0.
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