It lay on the major Roman road from Aventicum to Petinesca over the Pierre-Pertuis pass to Basel.

The ruins of the bridge have been discovered beneath the Bürglen village church and on the banks of the Flur island in the river.

By the late medieval era, Gottstatt Abbey was the major landholder in the village.

In 1388, the city of Bern acquired the village and in 1393 incorporated it into the Nidau bailiwick and the Bürglen parish.

Aegerten remained a small, agrarian village until the 18th century, when shipping on the Zihl river and seasonal work in the Principality of Neuchâtel began to provide additional income.

Despite four bridges, the village remained isolated from the growing Swiss rail and road networks in the 19th and early 20th century.

Of the rest of the land, 0.63 km2 (0.24 sq mi) or 29.0% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.11 km2 (27 acres) or 5.1% is either rivers or lakes.

It consists of the villages of Aegerten and Bürglen along with the new housing developments of Tschannenmatte and Schüracher.

[6] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or a Lion rampant Sable langued and membered Gules and overall a Bendlet wavy Azure.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (1,512 or 90.9%) as their first language, French is the second most common (70 or 4.2%) and Italian is the third (22 or 1.3%).

[14] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][15] The Goldhubel, an early medieval earthen fortress, is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

[9] There were 930 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.2% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 32 or 24.1% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 12 or 9.0% were in the movement and storage of goods, 18 or 13.5% were in a hotel or restaurant, 5 or 3.8% were in the information industry, 10 or 7.5% were technical professionals or scientists, 11 or 8.3% were in education and 9 or 6.8% were in health care.

[23] From the 2000 census[update], 1,119 or 67.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church, while 254 or 15.3% 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 122 students attending classes in Aegerten.