Rüdtligen-Alchenflüh is a municipality in the administrative district of Emmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

Alchenflüh was part of the neighboring villages for the Burgundian royal fortress of Kirchberg.

[4] During the Late Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period Rüdtligen was part of the low court of Alchenflüh.

[3] During the 19th century, the farms began to change from growing grain to raising dairy cattle.

The municipality grew slowly until 1965, when the A1 motorway was built between the two villages.

Before the 1960s there was some industry in the municipality, including a gravel quarry and a printing factory.

These were joined after 1969 by a machine factory, a distribution center for Emmi Käse AG, a regional potato storage station, and the Conforama and Pfister furniture factories.

The Lyssach-Alchenflüh shopping center was built along the motorway and is shared between the two communities.

Of the rest of the land, 0.83 km2 (0.32 sq mi) or 30.4% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.05 km2 (12 acres) or 1.8% is either rivers or lakes.

On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Verwaltungskreis Emmental.

[7] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess Or a Hunting Dog statant Gules and of the second a Mullet between a pair of Antlers of the first issuant from a Mount of 3 Coupeaux Vert.

[11] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (1,785 or 85.2%) as their first language, Italian is the second most common (79 or 3.8%) and Albanian is the third (49 or 2.3%).

In the federal election, a total of 531 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 38.3%.

In the tertiary sector; 211 or 57.8% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 19 or 5.2% were in the movement and storage of goods, 32 or 8.8% were in a hotel or restaurant, 7 or 1.9% were technical professionals or scientists, 19 or 5.2% were in education and 10 or 2.7% were in health care.

[11] From the 2000 census[update], 305 or 14.6% were Roman Catholic, while 1,298 or 62.0% 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.

[18] During the 2010-11 school year, there were a total of 214 students attending classes in Rüdtligen-Alchenflüh.