Itingen

Coat of arms

Itingen

Location of Itingen

Coordinates: 47°28′N 7°47′E / 47.467°N 7.783°ECoordinates: 47°28′N 7°47′E / 47.467°N 7.783°E

Country

Area

• Total

3.14 km² (1.21 sq mi)

Elevation

363 m (1,191 ft)

Population (Mar 2016)

• Total

2,067

• Density

660/km² (1,700/sq mi)

Postal code

4452

SFOS number

2849

Surrounded by

Lausen, Ramlinsburg, Sissach, Zunzgen

Website

www.itingen.ch
SFSO statistics

Itingen is a municipality in the district of Sissach in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.

Itingen is first mentioned in 1226 as Utingen. In 1454 it was mentioned as Uetingen.

Itingen has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 3.14 square kilometers (1.21 sq mi). Of this area, 0.9 km² (0.35 sq mi) or 28.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.48 km² (0.57 sq mi) or 47.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.75 km² (0.29 sq mi) or 23.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.3% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 3.2% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 9.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 10.5%. Out of the forested land, 43.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 11.5% is used for growing crops and 13.1% is pastures, while 4.1% is used for orchards or vine crops.

The municipality is located in the Sissach district, in the mid-Ergolz valley. The old village center is located perpendicular to the old cantonal road and to the left of the Basel-Olten rail line.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, a Fish nainaint winged Argent.

Itingen has a population (as of March 2016^[update]) of 2,067. As of 2008^[update], 15.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 16.5%.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (1,441 or 89.1%), with Italian language being second most common (60 or 3.7%) and Serbo-Croatian being third (41 or 2.5%). There are 14 people who speak French and 2 people who speak Romansh.

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