Niederbipp

Niederbipp is a 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. Niederbipp is first mentioned in 968 as Pippa. In 1302 it was mentioned as Nider-Bippe. Niederbipp has an area, as of 2009, of 17.37 square kilometers (6.71 sq mi). Of this area, 8.2 km (3.2 sq mi) or 47.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 6.55 km (2.53 sq mi) or 37.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.64 km (1.02 sq mi) or 15.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.06 km (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.