Saint-Blaise (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ blɛz]) is a former municipality in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland.

[3] Saint-Blaise has an area, as of 2009[update], of 8.9 square kilometers (3.4 sq mi).

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Impalled, dexter Gules Saint Blasius clad Argent adorned Or holding a Crosier Or and a Comb Sable, and sinister per fess Azure a Cross Or and Argent a Mill Wheel Sable.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (2,573 or 82.5%) as their first language, German is the second most common (243 or 7.8%) and Italian is the third (109 or 3.5%).

[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] The entire urban village of Saint-Blaise is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[14] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 23.54% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 1,173 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 57.0%.

[9] There were 1,577 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 44.4% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 20, of which 15 were in agriculture and 5 were in forestry or lumber production.

The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 345 of which 223 or (64.6%) were in manufacturing, 4 or (1.2%) were in mining and 118 (34.2%) were in construction.

In the tertiary sector; 323 or 44.0% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 14 or 1.9% were in the movement and storage of goods, 47 or 6.4% were in a hotel or restaurant, 20 or 2.7% were in the information industry, 20 or 2.7% were the insurance or financial industry, 66 or 9.0% were technical professionals or scientists, 57 or 7.8% were in education and 100 or 13.6% were in health care.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 972 or 31.2% were Roman Catholic, while 1,234 or 39.6% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

During the 2010-11 school year, there were 3 kindergarten classes with a total of 64 students between the municipalities.