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

With Federal and Cantonal support and rising tourism the local economy improved.

Today there are several hotels, hiking trails and ski slopes in the municipality as well as a ropes course in the hamlet of Längeneybad.

However, in 2000 about two-thirds of the working population commuted to jobs in Bern and surrounding cities.

Of the agricultural land, 2.2% is used for growing crops and 11.5% is pasturage and 27.6% is used for alpine pastures.

The neighboring municipalities are Rüeggisberg, Rüti bei Riggisberg, Därstetten, Oberwil im Simmental, Guggisberg and Wahlern.

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 Or a Lion Paw Sable issuant from chief sinister holding a Fir Tree Vert trunked and eradicated Gules.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (1,585 or 97.4%) as their first language, English is the second most common (9 or 0.6%) and Albanian is the third (9 or 0.6%).

In the federal election, a total of 625 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 43.5%.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 93, of which 86 were in agriculture and 7 were in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 37 or 26.1% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 11 or 7.7% were in the movement and storage of goods, 52 or 36.6% were in a hotel or restaurant, 3 or 2.1% were technical professionals or scientists, 15 or 10.6% were in education and 6 or 4.2% were in health care.

[22] In 2011 a total of 3.3% of the population received direct financial assistance from the government.

[23] From the 2000 census[update], 1,277 or 78.4% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church, while 101 or 6.2% 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.

[24] During the 2011-12 school year, there were a total of 120 students attending classes in Rüschegg.