During the 13th century it was owned by the Counts of Neuchâtel, then by the city of Bern and then by the Bishop of Basel.

During the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century, preachers of the new faith came to convert Nods.

Those families that wished to remain Catholic were forced to move to Le Landeron and Cressier in Neuchâtel.

After Napoleon's defeat and the Congress of Vienna, it was assigned to the Canton of Bern in 1815.

[3] The village economy was traditionally based on agriculture, animal husbandry and cheese production.

Beginning in 1963 a chair lift to the Chasseral peak provided a small tourism industry until it closed in 1993.

In the 1970s a small machine shop provided about ten industrial jobs in the village.

[5] The municipality is located on the Plateau de Diesse at the foot of the Chasseral peak.

It consists of the village of Nods and the hamlets of Les Combes and La Praye.

On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois.

[6] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or a Ploughshare Sable between two Plough-knives of the same all with points to the base.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (568 or 85.0%) as their first language, German is the second most common (82 or 12.3%) and Portuguese is the third (7 or 1.0%).

The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][14] The entire village of Nods is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 42, of which 39 were in agriculture and 3 were in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 8 or 20.0% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 7 or 17.5% were in the movement and storage of goods, 12 or 30.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was the insurance or financial industry, 3 or 7.5% were technical professionals or scientists, 2 or 5.0% were in education.

[21] From the 2000 census[update], 448 or 67.1% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church, while 77 or 11.5% were Roman Catholic.

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.