Oberbipp

History

Oberbipp is first mentioned in 968 as Pippa. In 1327 it was mentioned as Obern Bipp.

Geography

Oberbipp has an area, , of . Of this area, or 47.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 39.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 13.0% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes and 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.

Most-observed species

• European roe deer

  Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  16,985
• red fox

  Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  9,811
• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  7,709
• European badger

  Meles meles (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  3,783
• Marbled White

  Melanargia galathea Linnaeus, 1758 · Insecta
  3,751
• Yellow-legged hornet

  Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836 · Insecta
  2,402
• Common Blue

  Polyommatus icarus (von Rottemburg, 1775) · Insecta
  2,303
• wild boar

  Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 · Mammalia
  2,231

Most recent

• M 4.1 — 2025-07-21
  4 km E of Frutigen, Switzerland
• M 3.5 — 2024-06-27
  1 km SSW of Todtmoos, Germany
• M 4.2 — 2024-06-04
  2 km NNW of Unteriberg, Switzerland
• M 4.4 — 2023-03-22
  1 km NW of Pont-de-Roide, France
• M 3.9 — 2022-09-10
  1 km WSW of Zimmersheim, France
• M 4.1 — 2021-12-24
  2 km WSW of Blamont, France