Bettenhausen is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

[3] A few scattered neolithic artifacts have been found in the municipality, from prehistoric settlements in the Aare valley.

During the Middle Ages the village was part of the lands of the Freiherr of Aarburg.

In 1509 Burgdord bought the Ernizhaldenwald (Ernizhalden Forest) which was incorporated into the municipality and today is called the Bettenhausenwald.

[3] Today the vast majority of residents commute to jobs outside the municipality.

Of rest of the municipality 0.39 km2 (0.15 sq mi) or 9.9% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.03 km2 (7.4 acres) or 0.8% is either rivers or lakes.

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

[10] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (466 or 98.1%) as their first language, French is the second most common (4 or 0.8%) and Turkish is the third (2 or 0.4%).

[10] In 2012, single family homes made up 65.5% of the total housing in the municipality.

[10] There were 247 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 40.5% of the workforce.

[22] From the 2000 census[update], 374 or 78.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church, while 50 or 10.5% 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.

[23] During the 2012-13 school year, there were a total of 43 students attending classes in Bettenhausen.

There were a total of 11 students in the German language kindergarten classes in the municipality.

The municipality's primary school had 103 students in French language classes.

During the same year, the lower secondary schools in neighboring municipalities had a total of 32 students from Bettenhausen.