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

[4] The oldest trace of a settlement in the area are several La Tène graves near the current cemetery.

During the Middle Ages a number of local nobles and patricians owned rights or land in the village.

In 1507-08 Jakob von Wattenwyl acquired all the scattered rights and land holdings and combined them into a single Herrschaft.

In 1645, the village council acquired the Kirchdorf court, which they then sold to Bern for 1,000 pounds.

[4] The village is located between the Emmental and Schwarzburg regions and has always made a little money off the trade route.

Beginning in the 1970s the population began increasing as commuters moved into Kirchdorf.

Today, about two-thirds of the workers commute to jobs in other towns and cities.

The local economy is based on agriculture, small businesses, gravel mining and a regional landfill.

The parish of Kirchdorf includes Gelterfingen, Jaberg, Kienersrüti, Mühledorf, Noflen and Uttigen.

[8] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules a Butcher Axe Argent and on the Flanks of the last two Oxen Heads Sable horned, ringed and langued of the first.

[11] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (792 or 96.7%) as their first language, French is the second most common (10 or 1.2%) and Romansh is the third (3 or 0.4%).

[16] The historical population is given in the following chart:[4][17][18] The granary at Filgesse 31 in Mühledorf is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

The entire village of Kirchdorf is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

In the tertiary sector; 7 or 10.3% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 7 or 10.3% were in the movement and storage of goods, 8 or 11.8% were in a hotel or restaurant, 9 or 13.2% were in the information industry, 8 or 11.8% were technical professionals or scientists, 8 or 11.8% were in education and 14 or 20.6% were in health care.

[26] From the 2000 census[update], 654 or 79.9% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church, while 43 or 5.3% 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.

[27] During the 2011-12 school year, there were a total of 98 students attending classes in Kirchdorf.