Niederbipp

Niederbipp
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Location of Niederbipp
Coordinates: 47°16′N 7°42′E / 47.267°N 7.700°E / 47.267; 7.700Coordinates: 47°16′N 7°42′E / 47.267°N 7.700°E / 47.267; 7.700
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Bern
District	Oberaargau
Area
• Total	17.37 km2 (6.71 sq mi)
Elevation	468 m (1,535 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	4,524
• Density	260/km2 (670/sq mi)
Postal code	4704
SFOS number	0981
Surrounded by	Balsthal (SO), Bannwil, Kestenholz (SO), Laupersdorf (SO), Oberbipp, Oensingen (SO), Schwarzhäusern, Wolfisberg
Website	www.niederbipp.ch SFSO statistics

Niederbipp is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

Niederbipp is first mentioned in 968 as Pippa. In 1302 it was mentioned as Nider-Bippe.

Niederbipp has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 17.37 square kilometers (6.71 sq mi). Of this area, 8.2 km² (3.2 sq mi) or 47.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 6.55 km² (2.53 sq mi) or 37.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.64 km² (1.02 sq mi) or 15.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.06 km² (15 acres) or 0.3% is unproductive land.

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.

Niederbipp has a population (as of 31 December 2015) of 4,524. As of 2007^[update], 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 (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (89.0%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 3.1%) and Albanian being third ( 1.8%).