Rothenfluh is a municipality in the district of Sissach in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.
[3] Rothenfluh is a conglomeration of seven medieval villages: Loglingen, Hendschikon, Söllickken, Werlickhen, Hohlwingen, Gastwingen, and Werdlingen.
In the 16th century, the village became part of the Helvetic Confederation in the district of Gelterkinden.
Rothenfluh has an area, as of 2009[update], of 10.93 square kilometers (4.22 sq mi).
It is a ring shaped village at the confluence of the Ergolz and Dübach rivers.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, a Monolith Gules between two Pine trees Vert issuant from Coupeaux of the same.
[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (657 or 94.9%), with French being second most common (8 or 1.2%) and Italian language being third (6 or 0.9%).
[7] The age distribution, as of 2010[update], in Rothenfluh is; 47 children or 6.1% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 124 teenagers or 16.2% are between 7 and 19.
[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] The entire village of Rothenfluh is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.
[14] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 35.54% of the vote.
In the federal election, a total of 267 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 49.3%.
[8] There were 339 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 39.8% of the workforce.
The number of jobs in the primary sector was 33, of which 28 were in agriculture and 5 were in forestry or lumber production.
In the tertiary sector; 1 was in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 2 or 6.3% were in the movement and storage of goods, 10 or 31.3% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 2 or 6.3% were technical professionals or scientists, 4 or 12.5% were in education and 4 or 12.5% were in health care.
[8] From the 2000 census[update], 75 or 10.8% were Roman Catholic, while 502 or 72.5% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.