Mettembert

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

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, a Billy Goat Sable attired, langued and hoofed Gules.

[10] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (99 or 85.3%) as their first language, German is the second most common (14 or 12.1%) and Italian is the third (2 or 1.7%).

[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 45% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 54 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 52.4%.

[10] There were 58 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 39.7% of the workforce.

In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 13.

The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 5; 1 was in the sale or repair of motor vehicles and 2 were in a hotel or restaurant.

[10] From the 2000 census[update], 83 or 71.6% were Roman Catholic, while 18 or 15.5% 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.

Following the lower Secondary students may attend a three or four year optional upper Secondary school followed by some form of Tertiary school or they may enter an apprenticeship.