Wolfisberg is a former

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in the Oberaargau administrative district in the

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Bern Bern (), or Berne (), ; ; ; . is the ''de facto'' Capital city, capital of Switzerland, referred to as the "federal city".; ; ; . According to the Swiss constitution, the Swiss Confederation intentionally has no "capital", but Bern has gov ...

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. On 1 January 2020 the former municipality of Wolfisberg merged into

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. History Niederbipp is first mentioned in 968 as ''Pip ...

Geography

Wolfisberg has an area of . Of this area, 45.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 49.8% is forested. The rest of the land, (4.5%) is settled.

Demographics

Wolfisberg has a population (as of ) of . , 2.7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -1.6%. Most of the population () speaks German (96.6%), with Albanian being second most common ( 1.7%) and French being third ( 1.1%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 45.1% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (19.8%), the

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(16%) and the FDP (8.3%). The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 24.7% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 59.8% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 15.5%. In Wolfisberg about 81.2% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory

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or additional higher education (either university or a ''

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''). Wolfisberg has an unemployment rate of 0%. , there were 9 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 4 businesses involved in this sector. 1 person is employed in the

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and there is 1 business in this sector. 5 people are employed in the

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, with 2 businesses in this sector.Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 22-Jul-2009

References

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