Biglen is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

[3] The earliest traces of a settlement in the area are scattered Roman era artifacts which have been found throughout the municipality.

In the 14th century Heinrich von Biglen, a citizen of Bern, acquired much of the village.

However, in the 18th century local farmers began to raise grass which they could harvest as hay for cattle.

In 1899 the Burgdorf-Thun Railway connected the village to the growing rail network.

[5] The municipality includes the village of Biglen, the hamlet Enetbach and individual farm houses.

On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland.

[6] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess Gules and Azure a double Cross in bend couped counterchanged.

[10] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (1,698 or 94.9%) as their first language, Italian is the second most common (26 or 1.5%) and Albanian is the third (23 or 1.3%).

In the federal election, a total of 670 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 50.0%.

[10] There were 973 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.5% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 66 or 31.0% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 12 or 5.6% were in the movement and storage of goods, 8 or 3.8% were the insurance or financial industry, 29 or 13.6% were technical professionals or scientists, 28 or 13.1% were in education and 46 or 21.6% were in health care.

[10] From the 2000 census[update], 159 or 8.9% were Roman Catholic, while 1,401 or 78.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

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.

[17] During the 2010–11 school year, there were a total of 262 students attending classes in Biglen.

It was open a total of 162 days with average of 4.5 hours per week during that year.