Ipsach

Ipsach
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Bern (BE)
Administrative district :	Biel / Bienne
BFS no. :	0739
Postal code :	2563
UN / LOCODE :	CRISPS
Coordinates :	584421  /  218429 coordinates: 47 ° 7 '0'  N , 7 ° 14 '0 "  O ; CH1903:  584421  /  218429
Height :	442  m above sea level M.
Height range :	429–501 m above sea level M.
Area :	1.90  km²
Residents:	3987 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	2098 inhabitants per km²
Mayor :	Susanne Stöckenius ( SP )
Website:	www.ipsach.ch
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Ipsach (in local dialect [ ˈipsə ]) is a village with its own community of residents and civic community in the Biel / Bienne administrative district of the Swiss canton of Bern .

geography

The village lies on the right bank of Lake Biel . The neighboring communities are in the north Nidau and Port BE , in the east Bellmund and in the south Sutz-Lattrigen .

history

The constant presence of people in today's municipal area since the Neolithic is proven by numerous finds; a permanent settlement is clearly established for Roman times . The village is first documented in 1265/66 as a designation of origin for the name Bertholdus de Ipzacho . The place name is derived from a Latin personal name Ebidius / Ebetius / Æbutius with the Celtic place name suffix -akos / -acum .

population

Ipsach is 86.89% a German-speaking community. 8.8% are French-speaking.

politics

The voting shares of the parties at the 2015 National Council election were: SVP 30.7%, SP 22.1%, FDP 13.8%, BDP 12.1%, glp 7.2%, GPS 6.7%, EVP 2.4 %, CVP 1.8%, pirates 1.4%, EDU 1.0%.

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  Entrance to Ipsach, coming from Port

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  Schlössli Ipsach

See also

• List of cultural assets in Ipsach

Web links

Commons : Ipsach  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Ipsach
• Anne-Marie Dubler : Ipsach. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Permanent resident population from STAT-TAB of the BfS , municipalities see also regional portraits 2020 on bfs.admin.ch, accessed on May 29, 2020
2. ^ ^{A b} Andres Kristol: Ipsach BE (Nidau) in: Dictionnaire toponymique des communes suisses - Lexicon of Swiss community names - Dizionario toponomastico dei comuni svizzeri (DTS | LSG). Center de dialectologie, Université de Neuchâtel, Verlag Huber, Frauenfeld / Stuttgart / Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-7193-1308-5 and Éditions Payot, Lausanne 2005, ISBN 2-601-03336-3 , p. 464f.
3. ^ Results of the community of Ipsach. State Chancellery of the Canton of Bern, October 18, 2015, accessed on April 17, 2016 .