Les Enfers

Les Enfers is a municipality in the district of Franches-Montagnes in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.

It consists of the village of Les Enfers and the hamlet of Cerniévillers.

[6] The municipal coat of arms is canting for the French word for Hell.

[10] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (110 or 84.6%) as their first language, German is the second most common (18 or 13.8%) and English is the third (1 or 0.8%).

[12] Of the population in the municipality, 49 or about 37.7% were born in Les Enfers and lived there in 2000.

[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 29.81% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 53 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 48.2%.

[10] There were 63 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.3% of the workforce.

In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 30.

In the tertiary sector; 5 were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 1 was in the movement and storage of goods and 1 was in a hotel or restaurant.

[10] From the 2000 census[update], 95 or 73.1% were Roman Catholic, while 3 or 2.3% 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.

Entrance into the municipality
Les Enfers