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

[3] Rümlingen has an area, as of 2009[update], of 2.28 square kilometers (0.88 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.24 km2 (0.093 sq mi) or 10.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.03 km2 (7.4 acres) or 1.3% is either rivers or lakes.

[4] The municipality is located in the Sissach district, in the Homburger valley.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, St. George armoured Azure, haired of the first, haloed and holding a spear Gules topped Argent, slaying a Dragon Sable, toothed Argent and eyed Gules.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (259 or 80.7%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common (19 or 5.9%) and Albanian being third (18 or 5.6%).

[7] The age distribution, as of 2010[update], in Rümlingen is; 29 children or 7.8% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 46 teenagers or 12.4% are between 7 and 19.

The greatest number of single family homes (14) were built between 1961 and 1970.

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] The Eisenbahnviadukt (Railroad Bridge) is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

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

[14] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 51.25% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 104 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 46.8%.

[8] There were 166 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 40.4% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 7 or 20.0% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 3 or 8.6% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was a technical professional or scientist, 16 or 45.7% were in education.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 44 or 13.7% were Roman Catholic, while 166 or 51.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.