Schüpfen

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Schüpfen

Total population

3,680

Coordinates47.04°, 7.38°

Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Schüpfen is a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Kurt Wüthrich

Swiss chemist (born 1938)

Ernst Nobs

Swiss politician, member of the Swiss Federal Council (1886–1957)

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Arthur Bloch

Swiss merchant (1882-1942)

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Theodor Gohl

Swiss architect (1844-1910)

Carl Albert Loosli

Swiss writer (1877-1959)

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Cécile Bähler

Swiss television presenter

Thomas Bickel

Swiss association football player

Fabian Cancellara

Swiss cyclist

Andreas Heiniger

Swiss ice hockey player

Joël Vermin

Swiss ice hockey player

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Christian Stucki

Swiss wrestler

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Martin Weber

Swiss association football player

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Franz Matter

Swiss actor (1931-1999)

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Johann Jenny

Swiss politician (1857-1937)

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Hans Känel

Swiss bicycle racer

Hermann Knuchel

Swiss university teacher (1884-1964)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Bern

• Schwanden
  1.2 mi away
• Grossaffoltern
  2.1 mi away · pop. 2,948
• Rapperswil BE
  2.2 mi away · pop. 2,712
• Dieterswil
  2.5 mi away
• Diemerswil
  2.7 mi away
• Kirchlindach
  3.2 mi away · pop. 2,887
• Bangerten
  3.5 mi away · pop. 161
• Uettligen
  3.6 mi away
• Ruppoldsried
  4 mi away · pop. 262
• Wiggiswil
  4.3 mi away · pop. 98
• Zuzwil BE
  4.5 mi away · pop. 545
• Herrenschwanden
  4.7 mi away

Browse all places in Bern →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Schüpfen

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Little Grebe

Tachybaptus ruficollis

Seen 2026-10-16

Western Conifer Seed Bug

Leptoglossus occidentalis

Seen 2026-10-16

Triangulate Combfoot

Steatoda triangulosa

Seen 2026-10-15

Hister unicolor

Hister unicolor

Seen 2026-10-14

Violet Carpenter Bee

Xylocopa violacea

Seen 2026-10-14

Common Flower Fly

Syrphus ribesii

Seen 2026-10-14

European Hornet

Vespa crabro

Seen 2026-10-14

Variegated Lady Beetle

Hippodamia variegata

Seen 2026-10-13

European Rose Chafer

Cetonia aurata

Seen 2026-10-13

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers