Oltingen is a municipality in the district of Sissach in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.

[3] Oltingen has an area, as of 2009[update], of 7.18 square kilometers (2.77 sq mi).

[4] The municipality is located in the Sissach district, at the foot of the old road over the Schafmatt pass.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, on a Bend Sable three Horse-shoes Argent.

[9] As of 2008[update], the gender distribution of the population was 48.0% male and 52.0% female.

[7] The age distribution, as of 2010[update], in Oltingen is; 33 children or 7.6% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 64 teenagers or 14.7% are between 7 and 19.

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] The Reformed parish church of St. Niklaus and the house (known as Grosses Haus) at Hauptstrasse 54 are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance.

The entire village of Oltingen is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

The murals include images of Marian legends, the Last Judgement, Apostles and Saints.

[15] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 33.1% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 165 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 52.1%.

[8] There were 223 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.6% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 36, of which 35 were in agriculture and 1 was in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 5 or 26.3% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 4 or 21.1% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 or 5.3% were in the information industry, 3 or 15.8% were technical professionals or scientists, 4 or 21.1% were in education.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 31 or 7.7% were Roman Catholic, while 300 or 74.1% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.