Diegten

Geschichte

Diegten is a municipality in the district of Waldenburg in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.HistoryDiegten is first mentioned in 1152 as Dietingoven. In 1213 it was mentioned as Dietikon,in 1342 it was mentioned as Dietken and in 1671 it was Dieckten.GeographyDiegten has an area, of 9.64km2. Of this area, 4.77km2 or 49.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 3.81km2 or 39.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.07km2 or 11.1% is settled (buildings or roads).Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.5%. Out of the forested land, 37.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.0% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 25.5% is used for growing crops and 19.1% is pastures, while 4.9% is used for orchards or vine crops.The municipality is located in the Waldenburg district, in the Diegter valley. It consists of a 2km long string of five linear villages; Ober-Diegten, Mühle-Diegten, Mittel-Diegten, Schloss-Diegten and Nieder-Diegten.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale, Or a Lion rampant Sable, and Bendy of six Sable and Argent.DemographicsDiegten has a population of., 7.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 13.7%.Most of the population speaks German (1,338 or 96.3%), with French being second most common (9 or 0.6%) and French being third (9 or 0.6%).