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

[3] The oldest trace of a settlement is a Bronze Age earthwork on the Oppligerbergli.

In addition, Roman coins and several early medieval graves indicate that the area remained inhabited.

Oppligen became part of the newly created Bernese district of Interlaken.

Of the rest of the land, 0.41 km2 (0.16 sq mi) or 12.0% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.04 km2 (9.9 acres) or 1.2% is either rivers or lakes.

On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland.

[6] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent a Cross Gules couped issuant from the base pattee.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (573 or 97.1%) as their first language, French is the second most common (3 or 0.5%) and Portuguese is the third (3 or 0.5%).

[9] There were 300 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.7% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 11 or 34.4% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 8 or 25.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 6.3% were technical professionals or scientists and 5 or 15.6% were in education.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 494 or 83.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church, while 33 or 5.6% 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.

[18] During the 2010–11 school year, there were a total of 60 students attending classes in Oppligen.