Bleiken bei Oberdiessbach is a former municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

Before the merger, Bleiken bei Oberdiessbach had a total area of 3.4 km2 (1.3 sq mi).

It includes the hamlets of Kirch (located in the center), Oberbleiken, Niederbleiken and Egglen as well as scattered individual farm houses.

[1] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Vert on a Bend Argent a Torch Sable inflamed Gules.

[3] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (367 or 97.1%) as their first language, Albanian is the second most common (9 or 2.4%) and French is the third (1 or 0.3%).

[6] Of the population in the municipality, 142 or about 37.6% were born in Bleiken bei Oberdiessbach and lived there in 2000.

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[2][9] The Statthalterhof is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

In the federal election, a total of 148 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 49.8%.

[3] There were 192 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.7% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 2 or 11.8% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 1 was in the movement and storage of goods, 6 or 35.3% were in a hotel or restaurant, 5 or 29.4% were in education.

[3] From the 2000 census[update], 9 or 2.4% were Roman Catholic, while 288 or 76.2% 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.

[14] During the 2010-11 school year, there were a total of 55 students attending classes in Bleiken bei Oberdiessbach.