Meinisberg is a municipality in the Biel/Bienne administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

[3] The area has been settled since the Mesolithic and Neolithic ages, as finds near the Scheidwegen section of Meinisberg indicate.

From the Late Middle Ages Meinisberg was ruled from Pieterlen which was under the authority of the Prince-Bishop of Basel.

When the Nidau-Büren canal was built (1865–75), the Aare River now ran past Meinisberg.

The community grew due to its location on the edge of the Naturschutzgebiets Häftli (Natural Park) and ease of reaching Biel/Bienne from Meinisberg.

[6] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent a Vine Vert fructed Azure proped Gules issuant from a Mount of 3 Coupeaux of the second.

[10] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (1,070 or 90.0%) as their first language, French is the second most common (46 or 3.9%) and Albanian is the third (18 or 1.5%).

The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 32.3% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 482 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 51.9%.

In the tertiary sector; 46 or 47.4% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 9 or 9.3% were in the movement and storage of goods, 18 or 18.6% were in a hotel or restaurant, 3 or 3.1% were in the information industry, 6 or 6.2% were technical professionals or scientists, 7 or 7.2% were in education.

[10] From the 2000 census[update], 137 or 11.5% were Roman Catholic, while 820 or 69.0% 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 2009-10 school year, there were a total of 117 students attending classes in Meinisberg.