Montfaucon (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃fokɔ̃]) is a municipality in the district of Franches-Montagnes in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.

[6] The municipality is located in the Franches-Montagnes district, on a ridge between Glovelier and Saignelégier.

[3] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent, a Falcon displayed Gules statant on Coupeaux of the same.

[10] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (445 or 91.8%) as their first language, German is the second most common (35 or 7.2%) and Spanish is the third (2 or 0.4%).

[10] The historical population is given in the following chart:[4][14] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CSP which received 28.17% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 181 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 44.3%.

[10] There were 258 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.2% of the workforce.

In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 130.

In the tertiary sector; 13 or 23.2% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 4 or 7.1% were in the movement and storage of goods, 26 or 46.4% were in a hotel or restaurant, 8 or 14.3% were the insurance or financial industry, 4 or 7.1% were in education.

[10] The municipality has two railway stations, La Combe and Pré-Petitjean.

From the 2000 census[update], 344 or 70.9% were Roman Catholic, while 57 or 11.8% 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.

[18] During the 2009–10 school year, there were a total of 47 students attending 3 classes in Montfaucon.