Niederbipp is a
municipality
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in the
Oberaargau administrative district in the
canton of
Bern
german: Berner(in)french: Bernois(e) it, bernese
, neighboring_municipalities = Bremgarten bei Bern, Frauenkappelen, Ittigen, Kirchlindach, Köniz, Mühleberg, Muri bei Bern, Neuenegg, Ostermundigen, Wohlen bei Bern, Zollikofen
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in
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
. On 1 January 2020 the former municipality of
Wolfisberg
Wolfisberg is a former municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2020 the former municipality of Wolfisberg merged into Niederbipp.
Geography
Wolfisberg has an area of . Of this are ...
merged into Niederbipp.
History
Niederbipp is first mentioned in 968 as ''Pippa''. In 1302 it was mentioned as ''Nider-Bippe''.
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Geography
Niederbipp has an area, , of . Of this area, or 47.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 37.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 15.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.3% is unproductive land.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics]
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.9% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 5.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.0%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.7% of the area Out of the forested land, 36.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 34.1% is used for growing crops and 10.6% is pastures, while 1.3% is used for orchards or vine crops and 1.2% is used for alpine pastures.[
The municipality is located on the southern flank of the Jura mountains. It includes the village of Niederbipp, the hamlets of Walde, Holzhüsere and Lehn and scattered individual houses.
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Demographics
Niederbipp has a population (as of ) of . , 18.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 5.1%. Most of the population () speaks German (89.0%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 3.1%) and Albanian being third ( 1.8%).
In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 43.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS
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(19.8%), the FDP (19.2%) and the Green Party
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(6.2%).
The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 25.5% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 58.2% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 16.3%. In Niederbipp about 69.3% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a '' Fachhochschule'').
Niederbipp has an unemployment rate of 1.79%. , there were 255 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 46 businesses involved in this sector. 623 people are employed in the secondary sector
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and there are 55 businesses in this sector. 853 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 105 businesses in this sector.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office]
accessed 21-Jul-2009
The historical population is given in the following table:
Transport
Härkingen respectively Niederbipp are scheduled as one of the eight hubs of the proposed Cargo Sous Terrain
Cargo Sous Terrain (abbreviated to CST; French language, literally: "Underground Cargo") is a planned underground logistics system in Switzerland. It was set up as an association (''Förderverein Cargo sous terrain'') in September 2013, and was ba ...
, an underground cargo transport system those first phase is planned by the early 2030s.
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Municipalities of the canton of Bern