Reinach (Swiss German: Rynach) is a municipality in the district Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.

[3] Reinach has an area, as of 2009[update], of 7 square kilometers (2.7 sq mi).

At the beginning of the 21st century, it is part of the agglomeration of Basel at the crossing of the Basel-Aesch-Birstal and Dornach-Therwil-Leimental lines.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale, Argent a Crozier issuant Gules, Azure, three Bezants.

[5] The coat of arms symbolises St. Nicholas who is closely connected to the town.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (16,239 or 88.6%), with Italian language being second most common (556 or 3.0%) and French being third (307 or 1.7%).

[9] As of 2008[update], the gender distribution of the population was 48.3% male and 51.7% female.

The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was a decrease of 152 and the non-Swiss population change was an increase of 118 people.

[7] The age distribution, as of 2010[update], in Reinach is; 1,033 children or 5.5% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 2,377 teenagers or 12.6% are between 7 and 19.

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][12] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 28.12% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 6,593 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 48.8%.

[8] There were 9,536 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 45.3% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 3,527, of which 2,724 or (77.2%) were in manufacturing and 730 (20.7%) were in construction.

In the tertiary sector; 2,281 or 39.0% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 256 or 4.4% were in the movement and storage of goods, 199 or 3.4% were in a hotel or restaurant, 353 or 6.0% were in the information industry, 231 or 3.9% were the insurance or financial industry, 631 or 10.8% were technical professionals or scientists, 439 or 7.5% were in education and 826 or 14.1% were in health care.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 6,822 or 37.2% were Roman Catholic, while 6,114 or 33.4% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

[17] There are four local primary schools: Fiechten, Surbaum, Aumatt, Weiermatt, Reinacherhof and parts of the Bachmatten campus.