Wettingen is a residential community in the district of Baden in the Swiss canton of Aargau.

Most of the town is located on the Wettingerfeld (Wettinger Field), which is a flat plain surrounded on all sides by natural borders: to the south and west by the Limmat, to the north by the steep southern slope of the Lägern, and to the East by the Sulperg (569 m (1,867 ft)).

At the Eigital’s west end, in the northeastern section of the Wettingerfeld, is the relatively well-maintained old village center.

Of the rest of the land, 37.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.8%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).

The community of Otelfingen is located to the east (via S-6), Würenlos to the southwest, Neuenhof to the south, and Baden to the west.

[3] The age distribution, as of 2008[update], in Wettingen is; 1,678 children or 8.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 1,907 teenagers or 9.7% are between 10 and 19.

[8] The historical population is given in the following table:[7] The former Cistercian abbey at Klosterstrasse 11 and the neolithic stone-lined graves at Schartenstrasse 77 are listed as Swiss heritage sites of national significance.

[3] From the 2000 census[update], 8,662 or 48.5% are Roman Catholic, while 4,814 or 26.9% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

Together with Baden, it is served by the RVBW bus network, the central garage for which is located in Wettingen.

FC Wettingen 93 are the local football team and play at Stadion Altenburg.