Eptingen

Eptingen
Coat of arms
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Location of Eptingen
Coordinates: 47°23′N 7°49′E / 47.383°N 7.817°E / 47.383; 7.817Coordinates: 47°23′N 7°49′E / 47.383°N 7.817°E / 47.383; 7.817
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Basel-Landschaft
District	Waldenburg
Area
• Total	11.19 km2 (4.32 sq mi)
Elevation	568 m (1,864 ft)
Population (Mar 2016)
• Total	539
• Density	48/km2 (120/sq mi)
Postal code	4458
SFOS number	2885
Surrounded by	Bennwil, Diegten, Hägendorf (SO), Hauenstein-Ifenthal (SO), Langenbruck, Läufelfingen
Website	www.eptingen.ch SFSO statistics

Eptingen is a municipality in the district of Waldenburg in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.

Eptingen is first mentioned in 1145 as Ebittingen.

Eptingen has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 11.19 square kilometers (4.32 sq mi). Of this area, 5.29 km² (2.04 sq mi) or 47.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 5.33 km² (2.06 sq mi) or 47.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.58 km² (0.22 sq mi) or 5.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes and 0.03 km² (7.4 acres) or 0.3% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.2%. Out of the forested land, 46.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 7.9% is used for growing crops and 34.5% is pastures, while 2.1% is used for orchards or vine crops and 2.9% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

The municipality is located in the Waldenburg district, at the foot of Belchen mountain in the Diegter valley.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, an Eagle displayed fesswise Sable beaked and membered Gules.

Eptingen has a population (as of March 2016^[update]) of 539. As of 2008^[update], 4.5% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of -4.9%.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (551 or 97.3%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common (6 or 1.1%) and Albanian being third (4 or 0.7%). There is 1 person who speaks French.