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

[3] The oldest trace of a settlement in the area are scattered Stone Age (probably Mesolithic) items which were found at Schönbrünnefeld.

In 1335 the Knight Ulrich von Sutz sold his land in Hermrigen to the Count of Neuchâtel-Nidau.

Under Bernese rule it was combined with the village of Merzligen-Niklaus to form the court of Hermrigen.

[3] The Jura water correction projects of 1868 to 1891 helped drain many of the marshes outside the village.

Today about two-thirds of the working population commutes to jobs in nearby towns and cities.

[5] The village of Hermrigen is located on the main road between Bern, Aarberg and Biel.

It is on the southern edge of the Oberholz woods, between Lake Biel and the Bernese Seeland.

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

[6] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules a Sword in pale Argent hilted and pommed Or between two Oak Leaves of the last.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (253 or 97.3%) as their first language, French is the second most common (3 or 1.2%) and Italian is the third (1 or 0.4%).

In the tertiary sector; 2 or 9.1% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 3 or 13.6% were in a hotel or restaurant, 6 or 27.3% were in education.

[21] In 2011 a total of 1.6% of the population received direct financial assistance from the government.

[22] From the 2000 census[update], 208 or 80.0% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church, while 17 or 6.5% 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 51 students attending classes in Hermrigen.