Rüti bei Büren is a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

[3] Scattered neolithic items indicate that there was a small settlement near Rüti bei Büren.

The Roman road through the Swiss Plateau passed through the modern municipal borders.

During the Early and High Middle Ages the Teufelsburg (Devil's Castle) in the Rütiwald stood over the village.

[3] Even after the construction of a railroad station on the Solothurn-Lyss rail line in 1912, the village remained small and isolated.

[5] The municipality is located on the right bank of the Aare river on the north-western edge of the Bucheggberg plateau.

[6] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules two Grubbing-axes Argent handled Or in saltire between two Mullets of five of the second.

[10] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (849 or 94.5%) as their first language, French is the second most common (18 or 2.0%) and Albanian is the third (11 or 1.2%).

[9] Of the population in the municipality, 386 or about 43.0% were born in Rüti bei Büren and lived there in 2000.

The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] The entire village of Rüti bei Büren is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

As of 2005[update] the executive is a seven-member municipal council, chosen by proportional representation.

It was voted in the autumn to reduce the size of the council to five seats and elect by majority.

The town gained fame across the country in the 1990s for the company's plans to build a facility for burning hazardous waste.

In the tertiary sector; 170 or 73.3% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 9 or 3.9% were in the movement and storage of goods, 5 or 2.2% were in a hotel or restaurant, 6 or 2.6% were in education and 15 or 6.5% were in health care.

[10] From the 2000 census[update], 95 or 10.6% were Roman Catholic, while 706 or 78.6% 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 2009-10 school year, there were a total of 58 students attending classes in Rüti bei Büren.