Niederried bei Kallnach is a former municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

[1] Several neolithic and Hallstatt burial mounds, some of which contain grave goods, have been discovered in Niederried.

During the Middle Ages Kallnach and Niederried formed a single lower court.

Creation of the reservoir flooded a number of fields in the municipality and changed the village's borders.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent three Trunks Sable emflamed Gules in fess and a base Vert.

[7] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (258 or 94.9%) as their first language, Portuguese is the second most common (5 or 1.8%) and Serbo-Croatian is the third (4 or 1.5%).

[6] Of the population in the municipality, 70 or about 25.7% were born in Niederried bei Kallnach and lived there in 2000.

[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[2][10] In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 41.6% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 103 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 43.6%.

In the tertiary sector; 1 was in the sale or repair of motor vehicles and 3 or 50.0% were in a hotel or restaurant.

[7] From the 2000 census[update], 18 or 6.6% were Roman Catholic, while 213 or 78.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

[8] As of 2000[update], there were 25 students from Niederried bei Kallnach who attended schools outside the municipality.