Corgémont

Corgémont is a municipality in the Jura bernois administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

[3] In 1179 Pope Alexander III confirmed the rights of the Abbey of Moutier-Grandval to their property in Corgémont.

On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois.

[10] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (1,157 or 77.5%) as their first language, German is the second most common (241 or 16.1%) and Italian is the third (50 or 3.3%).

The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] The Bibliothèque De La Conférence Mennonite Suisse is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

In the federal election, a total of 470 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 42.8%.

[10] There were 5 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 20.0% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 55, of which 54 were in agriculture and 1 was in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 36 or 15.3% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 11 or 4.7% were in the movement and storage of goods, 8 or 3.4% were in a hotel or restaurant, 5 or 2.1% were in the information industry, 6 or 2.6% were technical professionals or scientists, 23 or 9.8% were in education and 34 or 14.5% were in health care.

[10] From the 2000 census[update], 340 or 22.8% were Roman Catholic, while 798 or 53.4% 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.

[18] During the 2010-11 school year, there were a total of 331 students attending classes in Corgémont.