Aitern is a small

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in the south-western German Federal State of

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million i ...

, part of the district

Lörrach Lörrach () is a city in southwest Germany, in the valley of the Wiese, close to the French and the Swiss borders. It is the district seat of the district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg. It is the home of a number of large employers, inclu ...

. Its coat of arms was granted in 1907. The

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is ''Argent a Bend wavy Azure between two Rock Hammers Azure handled Sable''. The wavy bend in the arms is allusive to the towns name, as it is derived from the Celtic word ''aitara'' which means flowing.

Demographics

The number of inhabitants over time has developed as follows:

References

Lörrach (district) {{Lörrach-geo-stub