Cornol

Cornol (French pronunciation: [kɔʁnɔl]) is a municipality in the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.

[5] The Étang de la Montoie, a 1.4-hectare (3.5-acre) pond, is located in Cornol.

[5] The municipality is located in the Porrentruy district, on the road to Les Rangiers.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent, three Moors' heads proper banded Gules.

[10] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (742 or 93.1%) as their first language, German is the second most common (29 or 3.6%) and Italian is the third (9 or 1.1%).

[15] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 37.09% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 250 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 37.5%.

[10] There were 395 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.0% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 20 or 27.0% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 19 or 25.7% were in the movement and storage of goods, 8 or 10.8% were in a hotel or restaurant, 4 or 5.4% were the insurance or financial industry, 5 or 6.8% were technical professionals or scientists, 8 or 10.8% were in education and 1 was in health care.

[10] From the 2000 census[update], 656 or 82.3% were Roman Catholic, while 51 or 6.4% 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.

[19] During the 2009–10 school year, there were a total of 86 students attending 5 classes in Cornol.

Aerial view (1950)