 The municipality is located in the Arlesheim district, in the southern Leimen valley.It consists of the "haufendorf" village (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Ettingen which has become a commuter town for the agglomeration of Basel.The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is "Quartered, Azure, Argent a Cross Gules, Argent and Azure."