Saules, Switzerland

Saules (French pronunciation: [sol]) is a municipality in the Jura bernois administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois.

[5] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent three Ears Gules in saltire and palewise.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (150 or 91.5%) as their first language, German is the second most common (13 or 7.9%) and Albanian is the third (1 or 0.6%).

In 2011, single family homes made up 68.5% of the total housing in the municipality.

In the federal election, a total of 73 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 59.8%.

[8] There were 91 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 35.2% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 6 of which 5 were in manufacturing and 1 was in construction.

The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 4, with 3 in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles and 1 in the movement and storage of goods.

[21] From the 2000 census[update], 102 or 62.2% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church, while 10 or 6.1% were Roman Catholic.

[8] Of the 9 who had completed some form of tertiary schooling listed in the census, 88.9% were Swiss men.

Saules village
The old schoolhouse of Saules