Dittingen is a municipality in the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.

[3] Dittingen has an area, as of 2009[update], of 6.75 square kilometers (2.61 sq mi).

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.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (634 or 92.4%), with Albanian being second most common (15 or 2.2%) and Spanish being third (14 or 2.0%).

[9] As of 2008[update], the gender distribution of the population was 48.1% male and 51.9% female.

At the same time, there was 1 non-Swiss woman who immigrated from another country to Switzerland.

[7] The age distribution, as of 2010[update], in Dittingen is; 39 children or 5.4% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 103 teenagers or 14.3% are between 7 and 19.

The greatest number of single family homes (32) were built between 1961 and 1970.

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 25.22% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 269 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 51.2%.

[8] There were 363 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.1% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 16, of which 13 were in agriculture and 3 were in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 68 or 60.2% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 11 or 9.7% were in the movement and storage of goods, 13 or 11.5% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 or 0.9% were in the information industry, 11 or 9.7% were technical professionals or scientists, 5 or 4.4% were in education.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 527 or 76.8% were Roman Catholic, while 73 or 10.6% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.