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

During the Late Middle Ages there were several additional settlements within the borders of the modern municipality.

Under Bernese rule the Nidau district was divided into four sections, including the Epsach quarter.

Today Epsach is a mostly agricultural village that specializes in producing cherries.

However, the number of commuters to jobs in nearby towns has continued to rise.

[5] The municipality is located in the low hills between Lake Biel and the Seeland region.

On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Verwaltungskreis Seeland.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (311 or 96.6%) as their first language, French is the second most common (7 or 2.2%) and Albanian is the third (2 or 0.6%).

[9] In 2011, single family homes made up 53.0% of the total housing in the municipality.

[14] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][15] The entire village of Epsach is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[9] There were 155 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.3% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 4 or 23.5% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 3 or 17.6% were technical professionals or scientists, 3 or 17.6% were in education and 6 or 35.3% were in health care.

[22] In 2011 a total of 1.2% of the population received direct financial assistance from the government.

[23] From the 2000 census[update], 283 or 87.9% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church, while 7 or 2.2% were Roman Catholic.

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.

[24] During the 2011-12 school year, there were a total of 22 students attending classes in Epsach.