Brügg is a municipality in the Biel/Bienne administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

[3] A Hallstatt culture tumulus near the city indicates that his area was settled anciently.

In the Late Middle Ages, Brügg belonged to the Grafschaft (county) of Nidau.

Along with the rest of the county, Brügg was partly incorporated into Bernese territory in 1388 with the remaining rights coming to Bern in 1393.

The main land owners in Brügg were the House of Kyburg and Gottstatt Abbey.

[3] As Biel became a regional industrial center, Brügg became a suburb and commuter town.

The construction of a railroad in 1865 and a highway in 1955 connected Brügg into the Bern-Lyss-Biel route and encouraged the village to grow into an industrial town.

[5] It lies on the river Aare approximately 3 km (1.9 mi) from its outflow from Lake Biel.

[6] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent a Bridge Sable and in base three Bends Wavy adjoined.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (3,323 or 82.8%) as their first language, French is the second most common (293 or 7.3%) and Italian is the third (115 or 2.9%).

In 2011, single family homes made up 51.8% of the total housing in the municipality.

In the federal election, a total of 1,094 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 38.3%.

[9] There were 2,159 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.9% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 18, of which 13 were in agriculture and 5 were in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 755 or 58.0% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 62 or 4.8% were in the movement and storage of goods, 47 or 3.6% were in a hotel or restaurant, 20 or 1.5% were in the information industry, 14 or 1.1% were the insurance or financial industry, 120 or 9.2% were technical professionals or scientists, 65 or 5.0% were in education and 99 or 7.6% were in health care.

[22] From the 2000 census[update], 2,323 or 57.9% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church, while 768 or 19.1% 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 2011-12 school year, there were a total of 390 students attending classes in Brügg.