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

In 1335, the owner of the Herrschaft, the Knight Ulrich von Sutz, sold his land to the Counts of Neuchâtel-Nidau.

Jens and Worben formed a court in the Bailiwick and it was part of the parish of Bürglen.

During the Jura water correction projects of 1868-91, a canal was built in Jens and the nearby marsh was drained.

As the population grew, the housing developments of Tannacker and Weieried were built in the late 1970s.

Of the rest of the land, 0.34 km2 (0.13 sq mi) or 7.4% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes.

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 Rose Argent barbed and seeded proper and a Bar of the second.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (585 or 96.1%) as their first language, French is the second most common (13 or 2.1%) and English is the third (4 or 0.7%).

In 2011, single family homes made up 68.6% of the total housing in the municipality.

In the federal election, a total of 307 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 58.3%.

In the tertiary sector; 7 or 30.4% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 3 or 13.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 8.7% were the insurance or financial industry, 1 was a technical professional or scientist, 4 or 17.4% were in education.

[22] From the 2000 census[update], 457 or 75.0% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church, while 55 or 9.0% 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 48 students attending classes in Jens.