Les Bois () is a
municipality
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in the district of
Franches-Montagnes in the
canton of
Jura in
Switzerland.
History
Les Bois is first mentioned in 1484 as ''Des Boix''.
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Geography
Les Bois has an area of . Of this area, or 56.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 37.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 5.5% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics]
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.5%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.8%. Out of the forested land, 31.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 6.0% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 32.6% is pastures and 23.5% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is in lakes.[
The municipality is located in the Franches-Montagnes district. It is the largest municipality in the canton. It consists of the village of Les Bois and nine ]hamlets
A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. Its size relative to a parish can depend on the administration and region. A hamlet may be considered to be a smaller settlement or subdivision or satellite entity to a lar ...
.
The municipalities of Le Bémont
Le Bémont is a municipality in the district of Franches-Montagnes in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.
History
Le Bémont is first mentioned in 1330 as ''Le Belmont''.
Geography
Le Bémont has an area of . Of this area, or 68.0% is use ...
, Les Bois, Les Breuleux, La Chaux-des-Breuleux
La Chaux-des-Breuleux () is a municipality in the district of Franches-Montagnes in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.
History
La Chaux-des-Breuleux is first mentioned in 1397 as ''La Chaux''.
Geography
La Chaux-des-Breuleux has an area of . ...
, Les Enfers
Les Enfers is a municipality in the district of Franches-Montagnes in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.
History
Les Enfers is first mentioned in 1330 as ''Au cruz des Enfers''.
Geography
Les Enfers has an area of . Of this area, or 48.5% ...
, Les Genevez
Les Genevez is a municipality in the district of Franches-Montagnes in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.
History
Les Genevez is first mentioned in 1381 as ''Les Geneveys''.
Geography
Les Genevez has an area of . Of this area, or 53.8% ...
, Lajoux, Montfaucon, Muriaux
Muriaux is a municipality in the district of Franches-Montagnes in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. On 1 January 2009, the formerly independent municipality of Le Peuchapatte merged into the municipality of Muriaux. , Le Noirmont
Le Noirmont is a municipality in the district of Franches-Montagnes in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.
History
Le Noirmont is first mentioned in 1454 as ''Noirmont''. The municipality was formerly known by its German name ''Schwarzenber ...
, Saignelégier
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, Saint-Brais
Saint-Brais is a municipality in the district of Franches-Montagnes in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.
History
Saint-Brais is first mentioned in 1275 as ''Sem Bris''. The municipality was formerly known by its German name ''St Brix'', h ...
and Soubey
Soubey is a municipality in the district of Franches-Montagnes in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.
History
Soubey is first mentioned in 1340 as ''Subeis''. In 1369 it was mentioned as ''Subiez''.
Because Soubey is among the few locations i ...
are considering a merger on at a date in the future into the new municipality of Franches-Montagnes.[Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz]
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 21 December 2011
Coat of arms
The blazon
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of the municipal coat of arms
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is ''Argent, three Pine trees Vert trunked and radicated Sable issaunt from Coupeaux Gules.'' The three trees are an example of canting
' (IPA: , VOS Spelling: ''tjanting'', jv, ꦕꦤ꧀ꦛꦶꦁ, Tjanting) is a pen-like tool used to apply liquid hot wax ( jv, ) in the batik-making process in Indonesia, more precisely ''batik tulis'' (lit. "written batik"). Traditional '' ...
since Les Bois means ''the woods''.
Demographics
Les Bois has a population () of . , 9.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Superweb database - Gemeinde Statistics 1981-2008]
accessed 19 June 2010 Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 14.7%. Migration accounted for 12.2%, while births and deaths accounted for 3%.
accessed 5 January 2012German
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is the second most common (46 or 4.5%) and Italian
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is the third (6 or 0.6%).[
, the population was 50.2% male and 49.8% female. The population was made up of 519 Swiss men (44.9% of the population) and 61 (5.3%) non-Swiss men. There were 524 Swiss women (45.4%) and 51 (4.4%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality, 466 or about 45.3% were born in Les Bois and lived there in 2000. There were 128 or 12.4% who were born in the same canton, while 287 or 27.9% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 109 or 10.6% were born outside of Switzerland.][
, children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 29.6% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 54.2% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 16.1%.][
, there were 468 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 474 married individuals, 48 widows or widowers and 39 individuals who are divorced.][STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000]
accessed 2 February 2011
, there were 373 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.6 persons per household.[ There were 97 households that consist of only one person and 48 households with five or more people. , a total of 364 apartments (79.0% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 65 apartments (14.1%) were seasonally occupied and 32 apartments (6.9%) were empty.][Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen]
accessed 28 January 2011 , the construction rate of new housing units was 2.6 new units per 1000 residents.[ The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 1.16%.][
The historical population is given in the following chart:]
Politics
In the 2007 federal election
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the most popular party was the SPS which received 36.67% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CSP (22.96%), the CVP (16.64%) and the SVP (13.1%). In the federal election, a total of 327 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
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was 40.8%.
Economy
, Les Bois had an unemployment rate of 4.8%. , there were 128 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 47 businesses involved in this sector. 246 people were employed in the secondary sector
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and there were 17 businesses in this sector. 116 people were employed in the tertiary sector
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, with 30 businesses in this sector.[ There were 497 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.5% of the workforce.
the total number of ]full-time equivalent
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jobs was 421. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 86, of which 81 were in agriculture and 5 were in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 242 of which 222 or (91.7%) were in manufacturing and 19 (7.9%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 93. In the tertiary sector; 28 or 30.1% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 8 or 8.6% were in the movement and storage of goods, 24 or 25.8% were in a hotel or restaurant, 3 or 3.2% were in the information industry, 1 was the insurance or financial industry, 8 or 8.6% were technical professionals or scientists, 8 or 8.6% were in education and 3 or 3.2% were in health care.
, there were 198 workers who commuted into the municipality and 281 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.4 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 32.8% of the workforce coming into Les Bois are coming from outside Switzerland.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb]
accessed 24 June 2010 Of the working population, 8% used public transportation to get to work, and 60% used a private car.[
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Transport
The municipality has three railway stations on the La Chaux-de-Fonds–Glovelier line: , , and .
Religion
From the , 668 or 64.9% were Roman Catholic
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, while 177 or 17.2% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 2 members of an Orthodox church (or about 0.19% of the population), and there were 42 individuals (or about 4.08% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 13 (or about 1.26% of the population) who were Islamic. 106 (or about 10.30% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 40 individuals (or about 3.89% of the population) did not answer the question.[
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Education
In Les Bois about 319 or (31.0%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 80 or (7.8%) have completed additional higher education (either university
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or a '' Fachhochschule''). Of the 80 who completed tertiary schooling, 55.0% were Swiss men, 31.3% were Swiss women, 7.5% were non-Swiss men and 6.3% were non-Swiss women.[
The Canton of Jura school system provides two year of non-obligatory ]Kindergarten
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, 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 a three or four year optional upper Secondary school followed by some form of Tertiary school or they may enter an apprenticeship
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.[Effectifs de l'école enfantine 2009-2010]
accessed 19 December 2011 The municipality had 6 primary classes and 97 students.
accessed 19 December 2011[
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References
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Municipalities of the canton of Jura