Dittingen
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| Coordinates: 47°26′N 7°30′E / 47.433°N 7.500°ECoordinates: 47°26′N 7°30′E / 47.433°N 7.500°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Basel-Landschaft | |
| District | Laufen | |
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| • Total | 6.75 km2 (2.61 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 404 m (1,325 ft) | |
| Population (Mar 2016) | ||
| • Total | 752 | |
| • Density | 110/km2 (290/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 4243 | |
| SFOS number | 2784 | |
| Surrounded by | Blauen, Laufen, Metzerlen-Mariastein (SO), Röschenz, Zwingen | |
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Dittingen is a municipality in the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.
Dittingen is first mentioned in shortly before 1300 as Tittingen.
Dittingen has an area, as of 2009[update], of 6.75 square kilometers (2.61 sq mi). Of this area, 1.99 km2 (0.77 sq mi) or 29.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 4.2 km2 (1.6 sq mi) or 62.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.49 km2 (0.19 sq mi) or 7.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.03 km2 (7.4 acres) or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes and 0.03 km2 (7.4 acres) or 0.4% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.0%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.2% of the area Out of the forested land, 59.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 10.2% is used for growing crops and 12.7% is pastures, while 2.4% is used for orchards or vine crops and 4.1% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located in the Laufen district, in a side valley off the Birs river valley.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent, a Saint passant robed Sable, haloed and carrying a bag and a staff, and wearing sandals Or, on a Base Vert between two trees of the same trunked Gules.
Dittingen has a population (as of March 2016[update]) of 752. As of 2008[update], 9.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 1.6%.
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