Oberbipp

Geschichte

Oberbipp is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.HistoryOberbipp is first mentioned in 968 as Pippa. In 1327 it was mentioned as Obern Bipp.GeographyOberbipp has an area, of 8.47km2. Of this area, 3.98km2 or 47.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 3.35km2 or 39.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.1km2 or 13.0% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.03km2 or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes and 0.03km2 or 0.4% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 5.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.3%. Out of the forested land, 37.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 32.0% is used for growing crops and 14.2% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams.The municipality is located on the southern slope of the Jura mountains. It includes the village of Oberbipp, the section of Buchli and other scattered settlements.DemographicsOberbipp has a population of., 8.9% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 10.4%. Most of the population speaks German (91.9%), with Albanian being second most common ( 1.8%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 1.5%).In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 46% of the vote. The next two most popular parties were the FDP (17.3%), and the SP (17.3%).