Movelier (French pronunciation: [mɔvəlje]) is a municipality in the district of Delémont in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.
Of the rest of the land, 0.37 km2 (0.14 sq mi) or 4.6% is settled (buildings or roads).
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent, a Mule Gules statant on Coupeaux Vert.
[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (298 or 76.4%) as their first language, German is the second most common (89 or 22.8%) and Italian is the third (1 or 0.3%).
[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SPS which received 30.08% of the vote.
In the federal election, a total of 118 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 36.9%.
[9] There were 176 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 36.4% of the workforce.
In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 59.
In the tertiary sector; 7 or 22.6% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 16 or 51.6% were in the movement and storage of goods, 2 or 6.5% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 6.5% were technical professionals or scientists, 4 or 12.9% were in education.
[9] From the 2000 census[update], 268 or 68.7% were Roman Catholic, while 55 or 14.1% 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.