Duggingen

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

[3] Duggingen has an area, as of 2009[update], of 5.87 square kilometers (2.27 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.75 km2 (0.29 sq mi) or 12.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.08 km2 (20 acres) or 1.4% is either rivers or lakes.

[4] The municipality is located in the Laufen district, on a terrace above the last ravine of the Birs valley.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (1,085 or 93.4%), with French being second most common (24 or 2.1%) and Italian language being third (9 or 0.8%).

[9] As of 2008[update], the gender distribution of the population was 50.1% male and 49.9% female.

The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 18 and the non-Swiss population change was an increase of 13 people.

[7] The age distribution, as of 2010[update], in Duggingen is; 106 children or 7.4% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 226 teenagers or 15.8% are between 7 and 19.

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] Angenstein Castle is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

[14] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 31.58% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 378 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 40.7%.

[8] There were 580 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.6% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 302, of which 260 or (86.1%) were in manufacturing and 43 (14.2%) were in construction.

In the tertiary sector, 53 or 32.9% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 15 or 9.3% were in the movement and storage of goods, 10 or 6.2% were in a hotel or restaurant, 6 or 3.7% were technical professionals or scientists, 58 or 36.0% were in education.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 502 or 43.2% were Roman Catholic, while 315 or 27.1% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

Aerial view from 900 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1930)
Angenstein Castle
Roman Catholic church of Duggingen