Worben is a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

[3] The oldest trace of a settlement in the area is a single Neolithic artifact discovered during construction of the Binnen Canal.

During the Middle Ages the two villages of Oberworben and Unterworben were ruled by the Counts of Neuchâtel-Nidau.

In 1398 the entire Neuchâtel-Nidau district of Inselgau, including Worben, was acquired by the city of Bern.

The Jura water correction projects of 1868-91 finally ended the flood risk.

A number of new houses, schools and sport facilities were built for the growing population.

The rest of the municipality is 0.82 km2 (0.32 sq mi) or 29.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 0.7% is either rivers or lakes.

[5] The municipality is located on the northern end of the Grosses Moos between Jensberg mountain and the old Aare riverbed.

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

[6] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure a Garb Or with three Panicles Sable.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (2,010 or 91.4%) as their first language, French is the second most common (53 or 2.4%) and Turkish is the third (39 or 1.8%).

In the federal election, a total of 797 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 46.9%.

[9] There were 1,063 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 45.4% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 65 or 14.9% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 7 or 1.6% were in the movement and storage of goods, 42 or 9.7% were in a hotel or restaurant, 6 or 1.4% were the insurance or financial industry, 10 or 2.3% were technical professionals or scientists, 16 or 3.7% were in education and 258 or 59.3% 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], 1,518 or 69.0% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church, while 310 or 14.1% 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 190 students attending classes in Worben.