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

[4] There are Hallstatt era tumuli (burial mounds) in the Rüdtligenwald and Binelwald near Fraubrunnen.

In the middle of the 13th Century, Fraubrunnen Abbey was founded by Cistercian nuns.

For a time the Abbey was a powerful landholder in the area that is now the District of Fraubrunnen.

Of the rest of the land, 0.59 km2 (0.23 sq mi) or 7.7% was settled (buildings or roads), 0.07 km2 (17 acres) or 0.9% was either rivers or lakes.

It consists of the village of Fraubrunnen and the hamlets of Binel, Bischof, Unterberg and Tubenmoos.

[8] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules a Bendlet Or between two Lions passant of the same.

[12] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (1,534 or 95.5%) as their first language, French is the second most common (13 or 0.8%) and Italian is the third (10 or 0.6%).

The entire villages of Büren zum Hof, Limpach and Mülchi are designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[12] There were 880 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 44.5% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 30 or 15.7% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 15 or 7.9% were in the movement and storage of goods, 12 or 6.3% were in a hotel or restaurant, 12 or 6.3% were in the information industry, 5 or 2.6% were the insurance or financial industry, 28 or 14.7% were technical professionals or scientists, 30 or 15.7% were in education and 7 or 3.7% were in health care.

[12] From the 2000 census[update], 204 or 12.7% were Roman Catholic, while 1,185 or 73.7% 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.

[20] During the 2010-11 school year, there were a total of 332 students attending classes in Fraubrunnen.