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

[3] During the Middle Ages, Ministerialis (unfree knights in the service of a feudal overlord) family of Mattstetten built a tower in the village.

The family held the village as a fief for the Dukes of Zähringen and then the Counts of Kyburg.

In the 14th century the village and surrounding land was held by the Knightly family of Rohrmoos.

In the 15th century it was combined with Urtenen and was held by several Bernese patrician families including; the Diesbachs, the Bonstettens, the Willadings and the Erlachs.

While the village remained generally rural and agrarian the population slowly grew.

Of the rest of the land, 0.58 km2 (0.22 sq mi) or 15.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.04 km2 (9.9 acres) or 1.1% is either rivers or lakes.

[5] The village is located in the Urtenen valley, with part on Krauchthaler Mountain.

[6] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules two Swan Heads addorsed couped Argent beaked Or.

[10] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (566 or 97.1%) as their first language, French is the second most common (4 or 0.7%) and Dutch is the third (3 or 0.5%).

[12] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] The Dorfbrunnen (fountain) is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

In the tertiary sector; 51 or 58.0% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 23 or 26.1% were in the movement and storage of goods, 10 or 11.4% were in a hotel or restaurant and 2 or 2.3% were technical professionals or scientists.

[10] From the 2000 census[update], 91 or 15.6% were Roman Catholic, while 435 or 74.6% 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.