[3] The earliest traces of a settlement in the area are some Mesolithic flint tools which were found at Baholz-Oberfeld.

Other prehistoric traces include a Bronze Age grave or ruins of a settlement at Müntschemier marsh and a Roman era burial site at Gugleracker.

In 1474 the entire Herrschaft of Erlach, including Müntschemier, was acquired by Bern.

The cost of the 1874-83 Jura water correction project forced the Bürgergemeinde to sell the common fields or Allmend.

The Jura water correction helped drain the Grand Marais marsh and allowed the village to spread into the rich farmland left behind.

In 1858-63 a major highway through le Grand Marais connected the village with the rest of the country.

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

[6] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per Pale Or and Argent overall a Mount of 3 Coupeaux Gules and in dexter issuant an Alder Tree Vert trunked Argent and in sinister issuant an Ear Or.

[10] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (904 or 81.7%) as their first language, Portuguese is the second most common (106 or 9.6%) and French is the third (37 or 3.3%).

The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the Swiss People's Party (SVP) which received 42% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 416 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 52.5%.

[10] There were 625 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 40.0% of the workforce.

[10] From the 2000 census[update], 221 or 20.0% were Roman Catholic, while 788 or 71.2% 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 116 students attending classes in Müntschemier.