Brüttelen is a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

[4] Archeologists have discovered scattered graves dating from the La Tène era up to the High Middle Ages in Brüttelen.

Additionally, neolithic axe heads, Hallstatt grave mounds and Roman era brick have also been found.

It is believed that there was a medieval settlement on the Schaltenrain, though little archeological evidence has been discovered.

In 1917 the electric narrow gauge Biel-Ins railway connected the village with the rest of the country.

Of the rest of the land, 0.47 km2 (0.18 sq mi) or 7.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.04 km2 (9.9 acres) or 0.6% is either rivers or lakes.

[6] Brüttelen is located on the northern shore of the Moossee in the Grosses Moos and at the foot of the Schaltenrain (592 m (1,942 ft)).

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

[8] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules on a Pale Or three Chevrons Sable and overall a Bend wavy Azure.

[12] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (589 or 91.6%) as their first language, French is the second most common (26 or 4.0%) and Portuguese is the third (11 or 1.7%).

The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][15] The entire hamlet of Gäserz is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 88, of which 64 were in agriculture and 24 were in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 5 or 7.0% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 3 or 4.2% were in a hotel or restaurant, 5 or 7.0% were in education and 52 or 73.2% were in health care.

[12] From the 2000 census[update], 56 or 8.7% were Roman Catholic, while 511 or 79.5% 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.