Ettingen

Ettingen
Coat of arms
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Location of Ettingen
Coordinates: 47°29′N 7°33′E / 47.483°N 7.550°E / 47.483; 7.550Coordinates: 47°29′N 7°33′E / 47.483°N 7.550°E / 47.483; 7.550
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Basel-Landschaft
District	Arlesheim
Area
• Total	6.35 km2 (2.45 sq mi)
Elevation	342 m (1,122 ft)
Population (Mar 2016)
• Total	5,028
• Density	790/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Postal code	4107
SFOS number	2768
Surrounded by	Aesch, Blauen, Hofstetten-Flüh (SO), Nenzlingen, Pfeffingen, Therwil, Witterswil (SO)
Website	www.ettingen.ch SFSO statistics

Ettingen (Swiss German: Ettige) is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.

Ettingen is first mentioned in 1268 as Ettingen.

Ettingen has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 6.35 square kilometers (2.45 sq mi). Of this area, 2.12 km² (0.82 sq mi) or 33.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 3.17 km² (1.22 sq mi) or 49.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.09 km² (0.42 sq mi) or 17.2% is settled (buildings or roads).

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 10.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.5%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 18.0% is used for growing crops and 7.9% is pastures, while 7.6% is used for orchards or vine crops.

The municipality is located in the Arlesheim district, in the southern Leimen valley. It consists of the haufendorf village (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Ettingen which has become a commuter town for the agglomeration of Basel.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Quartered, Azure, Argent a Cross Gules, Argent and Azure.

Ettingen has a population (as of March 2016^[update]) of 5,028. As of 2008^[update], 12.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 1.8%.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (4,324 or 90.8%), with Italian language being second most common (111 or 2.3%) and English being third (84 or 1.8%). There are 60 people who speak French and 2 people who speak Romansh.