Zollikofen is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the Swiss canton of Bern.

Of the rest of the land, 2.27 km2 (0.88 sq mi) or 42.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.07 km2 (17 acres) or 1.3% is either rivers or lakes.

On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland.

[5] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess Argent two Lions rampant combatant the dexter Gules maned Or and the sinister Sable crowned and collared Or langued and viriled Gules each holding a Tanner Knife Azure handled Or and Gules on a Bend Argent nine Box Leaves Vert.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (8,173 or 86.6%) as their first language, Italian is the second most common (266 or 2.8%) and French is the third (230 or 2.4%).

The historical population is given in the following chart:[12] The Archiv Schweizer Milchproduzenten, (Archive of Swiss Milk Production) and Reichenbach Castle are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance.

The hamlet of Büelikofen / Graben is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

Though the building is located in Münchenbuchsee, its postal address is assigned to Zollikofen.

In the federal election, a total of 3,809 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 55.9%.

In the tertiary sector; 601 or 21.7% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 148 or 5.4% were in the movement and storage of goods, 85 or 3.1% were in a hotel or restaurant, 70 or 2.5% were in the information industry, 194 or 7.0% were the insurance or financial industry, 311 or 11.2% were technical professionals or scientists, 218 or 7.9% were in education and 615 or 22.2% were in health care.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 1,892 or 20.0% were Roman Catholic, while 5,395 or 57.2% 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.

[16] Zollikofen is home to the BFH Schweizerische Hochschule für Landwirtschaft SHL library.

The library has (as of 2008[update]) 8,058 books or other media, and loaned out 3,231 items in the same year.

It was open a total of 200 days with average of 42 hours per week during that year.