Glovelier

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

The village lies at the intersection of the old road from Porrentruy to Biel and from Delemont to La Chaux-de-Fonds.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent, between two Laurel Branches Proper in pale Fasces Gules, ribboned Or and double bladed Proper topped with a Roman Helmet Or crested Gules.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (1,033 or 92.1%) as their first language, German is the second most common (25 or 2.2%) and Italian is the third (20 or 1.8%).

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[2][12] The Farm House at Au Village 17 and the prehistoric shelter at Le Mont, which is shared with Saint-Brais, are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance.

[13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SPS which received 28.55% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 405 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 49.3%.

[8] There were 558 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 44.4% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 46, of which 35 were in agriculture and 12 were in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 28 or 25.7% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 27 or 24.8% were in the movement and storage of goods, 20 or 18.3% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 14 or 12.8% were technical professionals or scientists, 9 or 8.3% were in education and 3 or 2.8% were in health care.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 919 or 81.9% were Roman Catholic, while 83 or 7.4% 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.

[17] During the 2009-10 school year, there were a total of 144 students attending 8 classes in Glovelier.

Aerial view (1955)
Glovelier village
Glovelier farm house
Glovelier train station