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

[3] The oldest trace of a settlement in the area are several Hallstatt graves which were discovered at Hole.

In 1528, Bern adopted the new faith of the Protestant Reformation, secularized the Commandery and acquired all its lands including Gelterfingen.

Under Bernese control it was combined into a court with Kramburg and placed into the Seftigen district.

[3] The swampy valley floor of the Gürbetal forced the village farmers to raise their crops on the surrounding hills.

Today the about half of the working residents commute to jobs outside the municipality.

The rest of the municipality is 0.19 km2 (0.073 sq mi) or 5.4% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 0.6% is either rivers or lakes.

[5] The municipality is located in the Gürbetal on the south-west slope of Belpberg mountain.

On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland.

[7] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale Gules and Argent a Mount of ten Coupeaux floatant counterchanged.

[10] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (247 or 98.8%) as their first language, Italian is the second most common (1 or 0.4%) and Portuguese is the third (1 or 0.4%).

In the federal election, a total of 128 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 59.3%.

[10] There were 137 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 44.5% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 9 or 90.0% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, and 1 was in health care.

[24] From the 2000 census[update], 196 or 78.4% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church, while 11 or 4.4% were Roman Catholic.