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

[3] The oldest trace of a settlement in the area is the old Grosses Moos Roman road which runs through the municipality.

In 1398, the entire Inselgau, including Walperswil, was acquired by the city of Bern.

The Jura water correction projects of 1868 to 1890 helped drain some of the marshes around Walperswil and opened up some farm land.

In 1925-37 and 1966–78, additional drainage projects opened more farm land around the village.

[5] The municipality is located on a moraine between the Seeland region and Lake Biel.

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

[6] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure a Letter W Argent between two Grapes Or in pale.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (759 or 96.3%) as their first language, Albanian is the second most common (8 or 1.0%) and French is the third (7 or 0.9%).

[14] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][15][16] The village rectory is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

The entire village of Walperswil is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

In the federal election, a total of 411 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 56.9%.

[9] There were 441 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.3% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 25 or 31.3% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 3 or 3.8% were in the movement and storage of goods, 6 or 7.5% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 6 or 7.5% were technical professionals or scientists, 13 or 16.3% were in education and 7 or 8.8% were in health care.

[24] From the 2000 census[update], 661 or 83.9% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church, while 55 or 7.0% 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 119 students attending classes in Walperswil.