Busswil bei Melchnau is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

[3] During the Middle Ages parts of the village were owned by local nobles and the Abbey of St. Gallen.

Under Bernese control it was part of the court of Melchnau in the bailiwick of Aarwangen until 1798.

[3] In the 19th century, straw plaiting joined agriculture as a source of income for the villagers.

However, the village remained primarily agricultural until the 1970s when it started changing into a bedroom community for commuters to the businesses and industry in the Langenthal.

[5] The municipality consists of the village of Busswil bei Melchnau and farm houses at Breitacker, Bützberg, Guger and Hohlen.

[6] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent a Fir Tree growing from a Mount Vert.

[10] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (190 or 97.4%) as their first language, Arabic is the second most common (2 or 1.0%) and French is the third (1 or 0.5%).

The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 58.1% of the vote.

The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 6 of which 2 were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles and 1 was in a hotel or restaurant.

[10] From the 2000 census[update], 6 or 3.1% were Roman Catholic, while 165 or 84.6% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.