Vellerat () is a former
municipality
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in the district of
Delémont
Delémont (; fc, D'lémont; german: Delsberg, ) is the capital of the Swiss canton of Jura. The city has approximately 12,000 inhabitants .
History
The area of the municipality was already settled in the middle Bronze Age. Fifteen urn buria ...
in the
canton of
Jura in
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
. On 1 January 2019 the former municipalities of
Rebeuvelier and Vellerat merged into the municipality of
Courrendlin
Courrendlin (; fc, Coérrendlïn) is a municipality in the district of Delémont in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. On 1 January 2019 the former municipalities of Rebeuvelier and Vellerat merged into the municipality of Courrendlin.
Histo ...
.
History
Vellerat is first mentioned in 1741 as ''Vellerat''.
[
Vellerat was allowed to leave canton Bern and join canton Jura after a 1996 nationwide referendum (91.6% for, 8.4% against; 31.0% turnout).][ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1938 ]
Geography
Vellerat has an area of . Of this area, or 26.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 70.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 3.4% is settled (buildings or roads).[Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics]
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.0%. Out of the forested land, 66.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 3.4% is used for growing crops and 13.7% is pastures and 8.3% is used for alpine pastures.[
The municipality is located in the Delemont district.
]
Coat of arms
The blazon
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of the municipal coat of arms
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is ''Or, a Rooster Gules on Coupeaux Vert.''
Demographics
Vellerat has a population () of . , 5.8% 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 4.3%. Migration accounted for 10%, while births and deaths accounted for -4.3%.
accessed 22-December-2011German
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* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
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is the second most common (5 or 7.6%) and English
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is the third (2 or 3.0%).[
, the population was 52.1% male and 47.9% female. The population was made up of 36 Swiss men (49.3% of the population) and 2 (2.7%) non-Swiss men. There were 32 Swiss women (43.8%) and 3 (4.1%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality, 26 or about 39.4% were born in Vellerat and lived there in 2000. There were 17 or 25.8% who were born in the same canton, while 12 or 18.2% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 9 or 13.6% were born outside of Switzerland.][
, children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 21.2% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 72.7% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 6.1%.][
, there were 32 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 28 married individuals, 3 widows or widowers and 3 individuals who are divorced.][STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000]
accessed 2 February 2011
, there were 27 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household.[ There were 8 households that consist of only one person and 3 households with five or more people. , a total of 26 apartments (54.2% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 16 apartments (33.3%) were seasonally occupied and 6 apartments (12.5%) were empty.][Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen]
accessed 28 January 2011 The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 3.85%.[
The historical population is given in the following chart:]
Twin Town
Vellerat is twinned with the town of Voeren
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, Belgium
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.
Politics
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SPS
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* NATO Science for Peace and Security
* Single Payment Scheme, an EU agricultural subsidy
* The Standard Procurement System, fo ...
which received 56.25% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (21.88%), the SVP (14.06%) and the FDP (6.25%). In the federal election, a total of 33 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
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was 58.9%.
Economy
, Vellerat had an unemployment rate of 3.5%. , there were 4 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 3 businesses involved in this sector. 1 person was employed in the secondary sector
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and there was 1 business in this sector. 2 people were employed in the tertiary sector
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, with 1 business in this sector.[ There were 41 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 34.1% of the workforce.
the total number of ]full-time equivalent
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jobs was 6. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 3, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 1, all of which were in manufacturing. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 2. In the tertiary sector; 2 or 100.0% were in the information industry, and .
, there were 30 workers who commuted away from the municipality.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb]
accessed 24 June 2010 Of the working population, 9.8% used public transportation to get to work, and 73.2% used a private car.[
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Religion
From the , 43 or 65.2% were Roman Catholic
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, while 8 or 12.1% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church
The Protestant Church in Switzerland (PCS), (EKS); french: Église évangélique réformée de Suisse (EERS); it, Chiesa evangelica riformata in Svizzera (CERiS); rm, Baselgia evangelica refurmada da la Svizra (BRRS) formerly named Federation o ...
. Of the rest of the population, there was 1 individual who belongs to another Christian church. 11 (or about 16.67% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
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or atheist
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, and 3 individuals (or about 4.55% of the population) did not answer the question.[
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Education
In Vellerat about 34 or (51.5%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 5 or (7.6%) have completed additional higher education (either university
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or a ''Fachhochschule
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''). Of the 5 who completed tertiary schooling, 40.0% were Swiss men, 20.0% were 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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.[
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Asteroid
Asteroid 212374 Vellerat, discovered by amateur astronomer Michel Ory
Michel Ory (born 18 April 1966) is a Swiss amateur astronomer and a prolific discoverer of minor planets and comets.
Biography
Ory was born in Develier, in the district of Delémont in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. He attended school in ...
in 2006, was named in honor of the village.Minor Planet Center
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Function
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on 9 January 2020 ().
References
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Former municipalities of the canton of Jura