Geography
Oberstocken has an area, as of 2009, of 4.12 square kilometers (1.59 sq mi). Of this area, 1.68 km2 (0.65 sq mi) or 40.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.73 km2 (0.67 sq mi) or 42.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.16 km2 (0.062 sq mi) or 3.9% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.03 km2 (7.4 acres) or 0.7% is either rivers or lakes and 0.5 km2 (0.19 sq mi) or 12.1% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.2%. Out of the forested land, 36.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 4.6% is used for growing crops and 20.6% is pastures and 14.8% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams. Of the unproductive areas, 6.8% is unproductive vegetation and 5.3% is too rocky for vegetation.
Oberstocken lies in a valley in the Bernse high country of the alps. The neighboring municipalities starting from the north in a clockwise direction are: Höfen, Niederstocken, Erlenbach im Simmental, Därstetten and Pohlern.
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