Bourrignon

Bourrignon is a municipality in the district of Delémont in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.

[5] The municipality is located in the Delemont district, on a terrace on the northern slope of the Les Rangiers mountain chain.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent, from a Base Vert issuant a Castle Sable with two stories both embattled, first towered in sinister and second in dexter.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (268 or 93.7%) as their first language, German is the second most common (14 or 4.9%) and Serbo-Croatian is the third (3 or 1.0%).

[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] The entire village of Bourrignon is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[14] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 28.08% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 176 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 72.1%.

[9] There were 122 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 36.1% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 6 or 75.0% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 1 was in the movement and storage of goods and 1 was in the information industry.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 229 or 80.1% were Roman Catholic, while 13 or 4.5% 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.

Aerial view (1950)