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{{Infobox Swiss town
| subject_name		= Schüpfen
| municipality_type	= municipality
| image_photo          = Schüpfen Dorfkern von Südwest DSC 7273.JPG
| image_caption        = Schüpfen, village from southwest
| imagepath_coa	= CHE Schüpfen COA Official.svg|pixel_coa=100px
| canton		= Bern
| iso-code-region 	= CH-BE
| district		= [[Seeland (administrative district)|Seeland]]
|coordinates = {{coord|47|2|N|7|23|E|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code		= 3054
| municipality_code	= 0311
| area			= 19.83
| elevation		= 629|elevation_description=
| population		= {{Swiss populations NC|CH-BE|0311}} | populationof = {{Swiss populations YM|CH-BE}} |  popofyear = {{Swiss populations Y|CH-BE}}
| website		= www.schuepfen.ch
| mayor		= Ueli Hunziker
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| places		=
| demonym		=
| neighboring_municipalities= [[Diemerswil]], [[Grossaffoltern]], [[Kirchlindach]], [[Meikirch]], [[Münchenbuchsee]], [[Rapperswil, Bern|Rapperswil]], [[Seedorf, Bern|Seedorf]]
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'''Schüpfen''' is a [[Municipalities of Switzerland|municipality]] in the [[Seeland (administrative district)|Seeland administrative district]] in the [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Bern (canton)|Bern]] in [[Switzerland]].
==History==
Schüpfen is first mentioned in 1208 as ''Scuphon''.<ref name=HDS/>
Prehistoric traces of a settlement in the area include [[Mesolithic]] and [[Bronze Age]] artifacts, along with [[Hallstatt culture|Hallstatt]] and [[La Tene culture|La Tene]] [[tumuli|grave mounds]].  The area remained inhabited during the [[Switzerland in the Roman era|Roman era]] and [[Early Middle Ages]].  The [[Ministerialis]] (unfree knights in the service of a [[feudal]] overlord) family of Schüpfen ruled the village for the [[House of Zähringen|Zähringens]] and [[House of Kyburg|Kyburgs]] from 1208 until 1405.  Schüpfen was a center of local administration for several surrounding communities.  In 1405, the Lords of Mattstetten inherited Schüpfen from the Schüpfen family.  They then donated the village and surrounding lands to the [[Knights Hospitaller|Hospitaller]]s at [[Münchenbuchsee Commandery]].  During the 14th century, [[Frienisberg Abbey]] bought much of the property in the village.  After the secularization of the Abbey in 1528, the village became part of the [[Bern]]ese [[bailiwick]] of Frienisberg.  After the [[French invasion of Switzerland#Collapse|1798 French invasion]], it became part of the District of [[Zollikofen]] under the [[Helvetic Republic]].  After the [[Act of Mediation]] in 1803, it was transferred to the [[Aarberg]] District.<ref name=HDS/>
The village church was first mentioned in 1268 and was rebuilt in 1741-42, though the new building retained the medieval bell tower.<ref name=HDS/>
The local economy has traditionally relied heavily on agriculture, though around 1850 many farms shifted to cattle and dairy production.  Currently agriculture remains important in the surrounding hamlets and villages, while Schüpfen is a center of trade and light industry.  The Bern-[[Biel/Bienne|Biel]] cantonal road was first built in 1835-44 and connected Schüpfen to larger towns.  This first large road was supplemented by a railroad in 1864 and a highway in 1983.  The good transportation links allowed Schüpfen residents to easily commute to Bern, Biel and Lyss for work or school.  In the 1970s new housing developments for the growing number of commuters grew up along the major roads and railway.<ref name=HDS/>
==Geography==
[[File:ETH-BIB-Schüpfen-LBS H1-016934.tif|thumb|Aerial view (1954)]]
Schüpfen has an area of {{Swiss area|0311|mi=on}}.{{Swiss area data|0311|QUELLE}}<!--19.83 - 19.8 km2-->  Of this area, {{convert|11.05|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} or 55.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while {{convert|6.52|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} or 32.9% is forested.   Of the rest of the land, {{convert|2.13|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} or 10.7% is settled (buildings or roads), {{convert|0.08|km2|acre|abbr=on}} or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes and {{convert|0.02|km2|acre|abbr=on}} or 0.1% is unproductive land.<ref name=BFS_land>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/02/03/blank/data/gemeindedaten.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics] 2009 data {{in lang|de}} accessed 25 March 2010</ref>
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.4%.  Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests.  Of the agricultural land, 42.9% is used for growing crops and  11.7% is pastures, while 1.1% is used for orchards or vine crops.  All the water in the municipality is flowing water.<ref name=BFS_land/>
The municipality is located in the Lyssbach valley and on the Frienisberg and Rapperswil plateaus.  It consists of the villages of Schüpfen, Bundkofen, Schwanden, Ziegelried, Saurenhorn, Schüpberg, Allenschwil, Wintersschwil and Bütschwil as well as scattered farm houses.
==Coat of arms==
The [[blazon]] of the municipal [[coat of arms]] is ''Gules three Wings Argent, two addorsed and third in fess.''<ref>[http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ch-be011.html Flags of the World.com] accessed 11-May-2012</ref>
==Demographics==
Schüpfen has a population ({{as of|{{Swiss populations YM|CH-BE}}|lc=on}}) of {{Swiss populations|CH-BE|0311}}.{{Swiss populations ref|CH-BE}}  {{as of|2010}}, 6.5% of the population are resident foreign nationals.<ref name=BE_Stat>[http://www.fin.be.ch/de/index/finanzen/finanzen/publikationen/wohnbevoelkerung.html Statistical office of the Canton of Bern] {{in lang|de}} accessed 4 January 2012</ref>  Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 3.9%.  Migration accounted for 0.1%, while births and deaths accounted for 2.3%.<ref name=SFSO>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] accessed 11-May-2012</ref>
Most of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) speaks [[German language|German]] (3,142 or 94.7%) as their first language, [[French language|French]] is the second most common (36 or 1.1%) and [[Spanish language|Spanish]] is the third (30 or 0.9%).  There are 21 people who speak [[Italian language|Italian]] and 1 person who speaks [[Romansh language|Romansh]].<ref name=STAT2000/>
{{as of|2008}}, the population was 49.2% male and 50.8% female.  The population was made up of 1,538 Swiss men (45.1% of the population) and 137 (4.0%) non-Swiss men.  There were 1,648 Swiss women (48.4%) and 84 (2.5%) non-Swiss women.<ref name="BE_Stat"/>  Of the population in the municipality, 962 or about 29.0% were born in Schüpfen and lived there in 2000.  There were 1,518 or 45.8% who were born in the same canton, while 496 or 14.9% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 240 or 7.2% were born outside of Switzerland.<ref name=STAT2000/>
{{as of|2010}}, children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 21.3% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 63.5% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 15.1%.<ref name=SFSO/>
{{as of|2000}}, there were 1,438 people who were single and never married in the municipality.  There were 1,577 married individuals, 163 widows or widowers and 140 individuals who are divorced.<ref name=STAT2000>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.3%20-%202000/40.3%20-%202000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=3&openChild=true STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130809142611/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.3%20-%202000/40.3%20-%202000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=3&openChild=true |date=2013-08-09 }}  {{in lang|de}} accessed 2 February 2011</ref>
{{as of|2000}}, there were 338 households that consist of only one person and 91 households with five or more people.  {{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}}, a total of 1,247 apartments (92.2% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 58 apartments (4.3%) were seasonally occupied and 48 apartments (3.5%) were empty.<ref name=Housing>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_09%20-%20Bau-%20und%20Wohnungswesen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen.asp?lang=1&prod=09&secprod=2&openChild=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907111534/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_09%20-%20Bau-%20und%20Wohnungswesen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen.asp?lang=1&prod=09&secprod=2&openChild=true |date=2014-09-07 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 28 January 2011</ref>  {{as of|2010}}, the construction rate of new housing units was 0.3 new units per 1000 residents.<ref name=SFSO/>  The vacancy rate for the municipality, {{as of|2011|alt=in 2011}}, was 0.69%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:<ref name=HDS>{{HDS|182|Schüpfen}}</ref><ref>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.4%20-%201850-2000/40.4%20-%201850-2000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=4&openChild=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850-2000] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140930162751/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.4%20-%201850-2000/40.4%20-%201850-2000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=4&openChild=true |date=2014-09-30 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 29 January 2011</ref>
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==Sights==
[[File:Mingerdenkmal.jpg|thumb|Rudolf Minger memorial in Schüpfen]]
The entire village of Schwanden and the [[hamlet (place)|hamlet]] of Winterswil are designated as part of the [[Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch/internet/bs/de/home/themen/kgs/kgs_inventar/a-objekte.html|title=Kantonsliste A-Objekte|year=2009|work=KGS Inventar|publisher=Federal Office of Civil Protection|language=German|accessdate=25 April 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100628110559/http://www.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch/internet/bs/de/home/themen/kgs/kgs_inventar/a-objekte.html|archivedate=28 June 2010}}</ref>
==Politics==
In the [[2011 Swiss federal election|2011 federal election]] the most popular party was the [[Swiss People's Party|SVP]] which received 31.5% of the vote.  The next three most popular parties were the [[Swiss Party of Labour|BDP Party]] (19.5%), the [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|SPS]] (19.2%) and the [[Green Party of Switzerland|Green Party]] (8.3%).  In the federal election, a total of 1,384 votes were cast, and the [[voter turnout]] was 51.9%.<ref name=election_2011>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/17/02/blank/data/05/03.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office 2011 Election] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114214422/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/17/02/blank/data/05/03.html |date=2013-11-14 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 8 May 2012</ref>
==Economy==
{{as of|2011|In 2011}}, Schüpfen had an unemployment rate of 1.13%.  {{as of|2008}}, there were a total of 1,035 people employed in the municipality.  Of these, there were 182 people employed in the [[Primary sector of the economy|primary economic sector]] and about 67 businesses involved in this sector.  197 people were employed in the [[Secondary sector of the economy|secondary sector]] and there were 35 businesses in this sector.  656 people were employed in the [[Tertiary sector of the economy|tertiary sector]], with 99 businesses in this sector.<ref name=SFSO/>
{{as of|2008|alt=In 2008}} there were a total of 779 [[full-time equivalent]] jobs.  The number of jobs in the primary sector was 116, of which 113 were in agriculture and 3 were in forestry or lumber production.  The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 179 of which 65 or (36.3%) were in manufacturing, 3 or (1.7%) were in mining and 101 (56.4%) were in construction.  The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 484.  In the tertiary sector; 121 or 25.0% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 101 or 20.9% were in the movement and storage of goods, 27 or 5.6% were in a hotel or restaurant, 8 or 1.7% were in the information industry, 10 or 2.1% were the insurance or financial industry, 24 or 5.0% were technical professionals or scientists, 35 or 7.2% were in education and 121 or 25.0% were in health care.<ref>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_06%20-%20Industrie%20und%20Dienstleistungen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen.asp?lang=1&prod=06&secprod=2&openChild=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Betriebszählung: Arbeitsstätten nach Gemeinde und NOGA 2008 (Abschnitte), Sektoren 1-3] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225013454/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_06%20-%20Industrie%20und%20Dienstleistungen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen.asp?lang=1&prod=06&secprod=2&openChild=true |date=2014-12-25 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 28 January 2011</ref>
{{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}}, there were 390 workers who commuted into the municipality and 1,305 workers who commuted away.  The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 3.3 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering.<ref name=commuter>[http://www.media-stat.admin.ch/stat/pendler/pop.php Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120804043150/http://www.media-stat.admin.ch/stat/pendler/pop.php |date=2012-08-04 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 24 June 2010</ref>  Of the working population, 25.3% used public transportation to get to work, and 51.4% used a private car.<ref name=SFSO/>
==Religion==
From the {{as of|2000|alt=2000 census}}, 343 or 10.3% were [[Roman Catholic]], while 2,517 or 75.9% belonged to the [[Swiss Reformed Church]].  Of the rest of the population, there were 16 [[Orthodoxy#Christianity|members of an Orthodox church]] (or about 0.48% of the population), there were 6 individuals (or about 0.18% of the population) who belonged to the [[Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland|Christian Catholic Church]], and there were 166 individuals (or about 5.00% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church.  There were 4 individuals (or about 0.12% of the population) who were [[Judaism|Jewish]], and 28 (or about 0.84% of the population) who were [[Islam]]ic.  There were 6 individuals who were [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] and 5 individuals who belonged to another church.  223 (or about 6.72% of the population) belonged to no church, are [[Agnosticism|agnostic]] or [[Atheism|atheist]], and 82 individuals (or about 2.47% of the population) did not answer the question.<ref name=STAT2000/>
==Education==
In Schüpfen about 1,409 or (42.5%) of the population have completed non-mandatory [[Education in Switzerland#Secondary|upper secondary education]], and 484 or (14.6%) have completed additional higher education (either [[List of universities in Switzerland|university]] or a ''[[Fachhochschule]]'').  Of the 484 who completed tertiary schooling, 71.1% were Swiss men, 24.4% were Swiss women, 2.5% were non-Swiss men and 2.1% were non-Swiss women.<ref name=STAT2000/>
The Canton of Bern school system provides one year of non-obligatory [[Kindergarten]], followed by six years of Primary school.  This is followed by three years of obligatory lower Secondary school where the students are separated according to ability and aptitude.  Following the lower Secondary students may attend additional schooling or they may enter an [[apprenticeship]].<ref>{{Cite report |title=Kantonale Schulstrukturen in der Schweiz und im Fürstentum Liechtenstein / Structures Scolaires Cantonales en Suisse et Dans la Principauté du Liechtenstein |url= http://edudoc.ch/record/35128/files/Schulsystem_alle.pdf |author= EDK/CDIP/IDES |year= 2010 |accessdate= 24 June 2010 }}</ref>
During the 2009-10 school year, there were a total of 380 students attending classes in Schüpfen.  There were 3 kindergarten classes with a total of 46 students in the municipality.  Of the kindergarten students, 4.3% were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 8.7% have a different mother language than the classroom language.  The municipality had 11 primary classes and 211 students.  Of the primary students, 3.3% were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 4.3% have a different mother language than the classroom language.  During the same year, there were 7 lower secondary classes with a total of 123 students.  There were 3.3% who were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 4.1% have a different mother language than the classroom language.<ref name=School>[http://www.erz.be.ch/erz/de/index/direktion/organisation/generalsekretariat/statistik/schul-_und_gemeindetabellen.html Schuljahr 2010/11 pdf document]{{in lang|de}} accessed 4 January 2012</ref>  {{as of|2000}}, there were 27 students in Schüpfen who came from another municipality, while 138 residents attended schools outside the municipality.<ref name=commuter/>
==Notable residents==
* [[Rudolf Minger]] (1881–1955) Member of the [[Swiss Federal Council]] (1929-1940) and [[President of the Swiss Confederation]] in 1935.
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