Montsevelier (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃səv(ə)lje]) is a former municipality in the district of Delémont in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.

Of the rest of the land, 0.32 km2 (0.12 sq mi) or 4.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes.

[4] The former municipality is located in the Delemont district, in the upper most section of the Val Terbi.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent, a Vol Gules.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (484 or 96.2%) as their first language, German is the second most common (16 or 3.2%) and English is the third (1 or 0.2%).

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[2][12] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 35.66% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 147 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 36.8%.

[8] There were 238 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 37.4% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 8 or 42.1% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 1 was in the movement and storage of goods, 2 or 10.5% were in the information industry, 4 or 21.1% were in education.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 464 or 92.2% were Roman Catholic, while 19 or 3.8% 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.

[16] During the 2009-10 school year, there were a total of 45 students attending 3 classes in Montsevelier.