Niederbipp

Sister cities

• Matino

History

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

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. 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.