Ligerz (French: Gléresse) is a municipality in the Biel/Bienne administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

Other traces of prehistoric settlements include scattered Bronze Age and Roman era artifacts.

At the end of the 14th century, the lands were pledged to the city of Biel to secure a loan.

In 1553 Bern reaffirmed the old market and fishing rights that the village had received from earlier rulers.

It was built in the vineyards above the village and was originally a filial church of the parish of Diesse.

[3] The slopes of the Jura Mountains above the village were covered with vineyards by the Middle Ages.

During the 17th and 18th centuries these patrician families built elegant townhouses in the village, which they would visit during harvest.

The Biel-Neuchâtel railroad, which was built in 1858-60, connected Ligerz to rest of the country.

Due to the limited flat land in Ligerz, a tunnel was built in 1984-91 to route the motorway near the municipality while preserving the appearance of the village.

Today the major industries in Ligerz include wine making, tourism and fishing.

[5] The municipality is located in the Bernese Seeland at the north end of Lake Biel.

[6] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure a Latin Cross Argent issuant from a Mount of 3 Coupeaux Vert between two Vine Trees propped and the dexter fructed and the sinister leaved all Or and in sinister fess point a Sickle of the Second.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (442 or 90.2%) as their first language, French is the second most common (31 or 6.3%) and English is the third (6 or 1.2%).

In 2011, single family homes made up 58.6% of the total housing in the municipality.

53 at Dorfgasse 20 and the village church are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance.

The entire village of Ligerz and the hamlet of Bipschal are both part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[9] There were 263 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 46.0% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 3 or 6.5% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 4 or 8.7% were in the movement and storage of goods, 23 or 50.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 3 or 6.5% were technical professionals or scientists, 1 was in education.

[22] From the 2000 census[update], 356 or 72.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church, while 55 or 11.2% were Roman Catholic.

There is a harbor for the Bielersee Schiffahrt Gesellschaft AG (Lake Biel ship travel company).