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

Zunzgen has an area, as of 2009[update], of 6.88 square kilometers (2.66 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.83 km2 (0.32 sq mi) or 12.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes.

[3] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is "Or, a Tower masoned embateled Sable issuant from a mount Gules.

[7] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (2,194 or 90.2%), with Italian language being second most common (96 or 3.9%) and Albanian being third (29 or 1.2%).

[6] The age distribution, as of 2010[update], in Zunzgen is; 141 children or 5.6% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 381 teenagers or 15.2% are between 7 and 19.

The greatest number of single family homes (243) were built between 1981 and 1990.

[7] The historical population is given in the following chart:[12] The Zunzger Büchel, the remains of a prehistoric fortified hill, is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

[13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 35.72% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 780 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 45.6%.

[7] There were 1,302 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.2% of the workforce.

In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 313.

In the tertiary sector; 53 or 33.3% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 5 or 3.1% were in the movement and storage of goods, 18 or 11.3% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 1.3% were the insurance or financial industry, 28 or 17.6% were technical professionals or scientists, 11 or 6.9% were in education and 13 or 8.2% were in health care.

[7] From the 2000 census[update], 532 or 21.9% were Roman Catholic, while 1,411 or 58.0% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.