Le Bémont

Le Bémont is a municipality in the district of Franches-Montagnes in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.

It consists of a number of hamlets including La Bosse and Les Rouges-Terres.

[6] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or a Pine Tree Vert trunked Sable issuant from a Mount of the second between two horses passant Gules and in chief two Mullets of Five of the same.

[10] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (337 or 97.4%) as their first language, German is the second most common (8 or 2.3%) and Italian is the third (1 or 0.3%).

[13] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][14] The farm house at La Bosse 38 is listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance.

The entire hamlet of La Bosse is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[15] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CSP which received 32.74% of the vote.

[10] There were 183 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 38.8% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 6 or 50.0% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 4 or 33.3% were in a hotel or restaurant, 3 or 25.0% were in education.

[10] The municipality has a railway station, Le Bémont, on the La Chaux-de-Fonds–Glovelier line.

From the 2000 census[update], 264 or 76.3% were Roman Catholic, while 32 or 9.2% 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.

Les Rouges Terres hamlet
Farm houses in Les Rouges Terres
Farm house at La Bosse 38
Horses in Le Bémont