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

[3] The village was part of the parish of Roggenburg, which fell under the control of the Bishop of Basel.

It lies at an altitude of 553 m (1,814 ft), 7 km (4.3 mi) north of Delémont, the capital city of the canton of Jura.

The village is situated in the northern Jura Mountains, close to the border with France, in a hollow of a stream called the Bösen.

It encompasses the valley of the Bösen, which drains northwards into the river Lützel (French: Lucelle).

The northern boundary consists of a rocky projection called Lobberg (771 m [2,530 ft]), and in the north the limestone cliffs of the Hallen tower over the village.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, two Pallets Or, overall on a Fess Argent three birds of the first.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (109 or 84.5%) as their first language, French is the second most common (13 or 10.1%) and Spanish is the third (3 or 2.3%).

[12] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 91.3% of the vote.

An international motocross race takes place in the community every year.

[9] There were 65 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 33.8% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 1, in the sale or repair of motor vehicles.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 98 or 76.0% were Roman Catholic, while 14 or 10.9% 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.

The village is also the only one in Jura to be integrated into the Tarifverbund Nordwestschweiz (North-Western Switzerland Transport Network).