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

[3] Ormalingen has an area, as of 2009[update], of 6.94 square kilometers (2.68 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.79 km2 (0.31 sq mi) or 11.4% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes.

[4] The municipality is located in the Sissach district, in the upper Ergolz valley on the old road over the Schafmatt pass.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess, Or, a Mullet Gules, and Azure.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (1,747 or 92.9%), with Italian language being second most common (42 or 2.2%) and Albanian being third (31 or 1.6%).

[9] As of 2008[update], the gender distribution of the population was 50.6% male and 49.4% female.

[7] The age distribution, as of 2010[update], in Ormalingen is; 94 children or 4.9% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 312 teenagers or 16.1% are between 7 and 19.

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

[14] Farnsburg Castle was built in the 14th century as the seat of the Counts of Thierstein.

[15] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 32.78% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 652 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 48.0%.

[8] There were 990 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.1% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 73 or 34.9% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 11 or 5.3% were in the movement and storage of goods, 16 or 7.7% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 1.0% were in the information industry, 1 or 0.5% were the insurance or financial industry, 9 or 4.3% were technical professionals or scientists, 15 or 7.2% were in education and 68 or 32.5% were in health care.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 301 or 16.0% were Roman Catholic, while 1,254 or 66.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.