Courchapoix is a municipality in the district of Delémont in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.
Of the rest of the land, 0.19 km2 (0.073 sq mi) or 3.0% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes.
[5] The municipality is located in the Delemont district, in the eastern Val Terbi.
[6] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per bend Sable two batons fleury in saltire crossed with a baton topped with a hand all Or and Gules through a Cog Wheel a Head of Grain all of the third, overall a Bendlet Argent.
[10] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (393 or 98.5%) as their first language, German is the second most common (5 or 1.3%) and Italian is the third (1 or 0.3%).
[10] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][14] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SPS which received 47.48% of the vote.
In the federal election, a total of 120 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 39.0%.
[10] There were 201 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 39.8% of the workforce.
In the tertiary sector; 1 was in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 2 or 25.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 3 or 37.5% were in education.
[10] From the 2000 census[update], 341 or 85.5% were Roman Catholic, while 17 or 4.3% 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.
[18] During the 2009-10 school year, there were a total of 29 students attending 3 classes in Courchapoix.