Switzerland was 130,478 CHF. In 2011 a total of 3.5% of the population received direct financial assistance from the government. Religion From the , 6,774 or 74.0% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church, while 668 or 7.3% were Roman Catholic. Of the rest of the population, there were 59 members of an Orthodox church (or about 0.64% of the population), there was 1 individual who belongs to the Christian Catholic Church, and there were 519 individuals (or about 5.67% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 8 individuals (or about 0.09% of the population) who were Jewish, and 265 (or about 2.90% of the population) who were Muslim. There were 7 individuals who were Buddhist, 136 individuals who were Hindu and 6 individuals who belonged to another church. 406 (or about 4.44% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 299 individuals (or about 3.27% of the population) did not answer the question. Education In Langnau im Emmental about 54.8% of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 14.7% have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). Of the 785 who had completed some form of tertiary schooling listed in the census, 73.8% were Swiss men, 20.0% were Swiss women, 4.1% were non-Swiss men and 2.2% were non-Swiss women. The Canton of Bern school system provides one year of non-obligatory Kindergarten, followed by six years of Primary school. 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. During the 2011-12 school year, there were a total of 1,156 students attending classes in Langnau im Emmental. There were 9 kindergarten classes with a total of 155 students in the municipality. Of the kindergarten students, 8.4% were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 18.7% have a different mother language than the classroom language. The municipality had 27 primary classes and 528 students. Of the primary students, 7.6% were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 14.8% have a different mother language than the classroom language. During the same year, there were 19 lower secondary classes with a total of 332 students. There were 9.6% who were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 16.3% have a