Eptingen is a municipality in the district of Waldenburg in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.HistoryEptingen is first mentioned in 1145 as Ebittingen.GeographyEptingen has an area, of 11.19km2. Of this area, 5.29km2 or 47.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 5.33km2 or 47.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.58km2 or 5.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01km2 or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes and 0.03km2 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.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, an Eagle displayed fesswise Sable beaked and membered Gules.DemographicsEptingen has a population of., 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 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.
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