Orpund is a municipality in the Biel/Bienne administrative district in the Canton of Bern in Switzerland .

Orpund is first mentioned in 1255 as Orpunt. The municipality was formerly known by its unknown name er Orpondes, however, that name is no longer used.

The oldest traces of settlements in the area were neolithic, Bronze Age and La Tène era artifacts which were discovered during construction of the Nidau -Büren Canal. A horde of Bronze Age items and a Roman era settlement were found on the Büttenberg. During the Middle Ages, the Counts of Neuchâtel -Nidau founded a monastery at Gottstatt and gave the village of Orpund to the monastery.