Schwadernau is a municipality in the Biel/Bienne administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

[3] A number of artifacts indicate that the area around Schwadernau has been inhabited since the Upper Paleolithic.

In addition to neolithic finds, many Bronze Age, Roman era and early medieval objects indicate that there were other prehistoric settlements near the modern municipality.

A depot of iron ingots and the remains of a Roman wall show that there may have been a workshop or small settlement near the Räbhubel or Scheurenhubel.

In 1376 the Counts of Kyburg and Thierstein fought and defeated the Bishop of Basel outside Schwadernau.

In 1398 the entire Inselgau region, including Schwadernau, was acquired by the city of Bern.

Under Bernese rule, the village became part of the bailiwick of Nidau and the parish of Bürglen.

[3] The Jura water correction projects and the construction of the Nidau-Büren Canal between 1868 and 1875 drained the marshes around the village, prevented flooding and opened up rich farmland.

The rest of the municipality is 0.42 km2 (0.16 sq mi) or 10.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.04 km2 (9.9 acres) or 1.0% is either rivers or lakes.

[6] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules two Tournament Lances Argent in saltire and a Mullet of the same in chief.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (614 or 91.8%) as their first language, French is the second most common (17 or 2.5%) and Serbo-Croatian is the third (8 or 1.2%).

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 39, of which 34 were in agriculture and 6 were in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 31 or 53.4% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 1 was in the movement and storage of goods, 5 or 8.6% were in a hotel or restaurant, 3 or 5.2% were technical professionals or scientists, 6 or 10.3% were in education.

[23] From the 2000 census[update], 446 or 66.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church, while 86 or 12.9% 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 61 students attending classes in Schwadernau.