Eptingen is a municipality in the district of Waldenburg in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.

About 300 meters southeast are the older ruins of Wild-Eptingen , probably a predecessor of Witwald Castle.

[1] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, an Eagle displayed fesswise Sable beaked and membered Gules.

[4] Eptingen has an area, as of 2009[update], of 11.19 square kilometers (4.32 sq mi).

[5] The municipality is located in the Waldenburg district, at the foot of Belchen mountain in the Diegter valley.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) 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%).

[7] The age distribution, as of 2010[update], in Eptingen is; 31 children or 5.9% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 66 teenagers or 12.5% are between 7 and 19.

[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 50% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 201 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 48.3%.

[8] There were 292 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 37.7% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 47, of which 46 were in agriculture and 1 was in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 46 or 31.7% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 63 or 43.4% were in the movement and storage of goods, 24 or 16.6% were in a hotel or restaurant, 4 or 2.8% were technical professionals or scientists, 2 or 1.4% were in education.

From the 2000 census[update], 89 or 15.7% were Roman Catholic, while 376 or 66.4% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

The wettest month is June during which time Eptingen receives an average of 120 mm (4.7 in) of rain or snow.

The driest month of the year is October with an average of 76 mm (3.0 in) of precipitation over 9.5 days.