Lauperswil is a municipality in the administrative district of Emmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

[3] Lauperswil and the surrounding area were inhabited during the Middle Ages and were part of the Herrschaft of Wartenstein.

By the Late Middle Ages Trub Abbey was the largest landowner in the municipality.

It was part of the Trachselwald bailiwick until the reorganization following the 1803 Act of Mediation moved it into the Signau District.

Today, many of the factories are still in operation, though outside the industrial zones, agriculture still provides a number of jobs.

In 1528, Bern adopted the new faith of the Protestant Reformation and secularized all of Trub Abbey's lands.

[5] The municipality includes the village of Lauperswil on the left bank of the Emme River and part of the village and bridge of Zollbrück over the Emme (the northern part of the bridge belongs to Rüderswil).

The small settlements of Emmenmatt, Bomatt, Mungnau and Obermatt, and the hamlets of Wittenbach, Längenbach and Ebnit as well as individual farm houses on both sides of the Emme also belong to the municipality.

In 1889, Lauperswil acquired the section known as the Wittenbachviertel (Wittenbach quarter) from Rüderswil.

[6] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale Argent a Lion rampant to sinister Gules and of the second a Ploughshare of the first.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (2,599 or 96.9%) as their first language, Albanian is the second most common (28 or 1.0%) and French is the third (8 or 0.3%).

[14] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][15][16] The farm house at Chalchmatt 19/23 and the village church are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance.

The entire hamlets of Längenbach and Witenbach are part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[9] There were 1,437 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.5% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 209 or 61.3% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 15 or 4.4% were in the movement and storage of goods, 42 or 12.3% were in a hotel or restaurant, 7 or 2.1% were the insurance or financial industry, 10 or 2.9% were technical professionals or scientists, 35 or 10.3% were in education and 9 or 2.6% were in health care.

[24] From the 2000 census[update], 2,163 or 80.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church, while 121 or 4.5% 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.

[25] During the 2011-12 school year, there were a total of 371 students attending classes in Lauperswil.