Due to the number and variety of artifacts, smaller sites and individual items continue to be discovered.

In addition to gold and the wagons, jewelry made from glass, amber, lignite, pearls and bronze were found.

An early La Tène iron sword from the 5th century BC was also found.

[3] During the Roman era there was a wide band of settlements that stretched from the Grosses Moos marsh up into the vineyard covered hills.

Under the new Bernese Bailiwick of Erlach, Ins remained an important regional administration center.

However, since it was located close to an early medieval cemetery, it was probably built over or near an earlier church.

The church's patronage rights were held by the Cathedral of Bern until the Protestant Reformation ended it in the 16th century.

The nearby Grosses Moos marsh was a source of peat from the 18th until the early 20th century.

The village Landgerichtsplatz held the stone Landstuhl for the Landvogt and benches for his court.

During the 17th and 18th century wealthy landowners built elegant manor houses in the village, including the Schlössli, Lilienhof, Altes Spital and Wagnerhaus.

It includes the settlement of Witzwil im Moos and several scattered, individual farm houses.

Ins lies at the end of the Bienne-Täuffelen-Ins (BTI) rail line, and is also served by the Ins-Erlach postbus.

[7] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or a Mullet Gules between a Ploughshare Azure in bend and a Sickle of the same in bend sinister and Mount of 3 Coupeaux Vert.

[11] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (2,685 or 91.1%) as their first language, French is the second most common (105 or 3.6%) and Albanian is the third (28 or 1.0%).

The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][14] The Albert Anker house, the farm house Himmelriich and the earthen fortifications at Fenis are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance.

The entire village of Ins is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

In the federal election, a total of 1,237 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 55.2%.

[11] There were 1,526 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 40.2% of the workforce.

[11] From the 2000 census[update], 344 or 11.7% were Roman Catholic, while 2,115 or 71.8% 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.

The library has (as of 2008[update]) 8,573 books or other media, and loaned out 33,937 items in the same year.