Wittinsburg is a municipality in the Bezirk Sissach, located at an altitude of 572 meters above sea level with a total surface area of 320 hectares. Table 2 summarizes the key features of the municipality, and figure 1 shows its location on the map.

Wittinsburg is a municipality located in the Sissach district of the Basel-Landschaft canton in Switzerland. It is a farming village situated on a hill between the Homburger and Diegter valleys. The neighboring municipalities include Diepflingen, Gelterkinden, Rümlingen, Buckten, Känerkinden, Diegten, and Tenniken. The municipality's coat of arms was officially confirmed by the local council in 1944 and reflects its agricultural heritage on the high plateau of the Tafeljura. More information can be found on its Wikipedia page at https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wittinsburg.

In 2025, the population of Wittinsburg was 458, with 226 women and 232 men. The proportion of foreigners was 7.51 percent in 2024, while 92.49 percent were Swiss citizens. The population is composed of 72 children aged 0 to 17, 304 working-age adults aged 18 to 65, and 82 older adults over 65. The municipality ranks 75th in total population among the 86 municipalities of Baselland. Table 2 shows the population by age groups since 2005.

The total surface area of Wittinsburg is 320 hectares. Of this, 8.5 percent is settlement area, 58.6 percent is agricultural area, and 32.9 percent is forest.

The tax revenue of Wittinsburg is not provided in the data, but its rank among the 86 municipalities is 70th. The tax revenue per adult capita and the municipal tax multiplier are not available in the data.

In 2022, the energy consumption of Wittinsburg was dominated by environmental heat at 1543.35 MWh, followed by electricity at 1493.26 MWh, wood at 1260.99 MWh, heating oil at 1218.94 MWh, photovoltaics at 185.17 MWh, and thermal solar energy at 36.96 MWh. The municipality consumed 1493.3 MWh of electricity in 2022, ranking 46th in per capita consumption among all municipalities of the canton. This per capita consumption is in the middle range, and very low or very high per capita consumption can be caused by the presence or absence of industrial activity, leading to higher electricity consumption.

As of 2026, Wittinsburg had a total of 334 passenger cars and delivery vans. Of these, 282 vehicles had combustion engines, mainly petrol and diesel, and 52 were electric cars. The ratio of electric cars in the car stock was 15.6 percent. Table 3 below provides further details on the vehicle stock.

In 2024, the municipality recycled waste in several categories. For glass, the total recycled amount was not provided, but the per capita amount was 27.0 kg, ranking 27th in the canton. For green waste, the per capita amount was 137.0 kg, ranking 22nd. For household waste and bulky goods, the per capita amount was 114.0 kg, ranking 68th. For oils, the per capita amount was 2.0 kg, ranking 2nd. For paper and cardboard, the per capita amount was 22.0 kg, ranking 50th. For other metals, the per capita amount was 19.0 kg, ranking 5th. For tinplate and aluminum, the per capita amount was 3.0 kg, ranking 1st. Since two categories, oils and tinplate and aluminum, are ranked within the top 10 in the canton, the municipality is overall among the leading municipalities in recycling performance. Table 4 shows the total recycled waste, recycled waste per capita, and the corresponding canton-wide comparison values.