Kernenried is a municipality in the administrative district of Emmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

[3] The earliest trace of a settlement in the area is a Hallstatt grave mound near Oberholz-Schulwald.

A horde of Roman era coins was discovered near the border with Zauggenried.

In the following years, the Bernese patrician von Erlach family received the village as part of a dowry.

[3] Even though the proximity of a highway has encouraged some commuters to move into the village, it has retained its agricultural and small business character.

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

[6] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules a Bend and a Mullet Argent.

[10] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (436 or 98.0%) as their first language, Macedonian is the second most common (4 or 0.9%) and French is the third (1 or 0.2%).

In the federal election, a total of 152 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 44.7%.

In the tertiary sector; 16 or 42.1% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 8 or 21.1% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was a technical professional or scientist, 4 or 10.5% were in education.

[10] From the 2000 census[update], 28 or 6.3% were Roman Catholic, while 368 or 82.7% 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.

[17] During the 2010-11 school year, there were a total of 57 students attending classes in Kernenried.