Soulce (French pronunciation: [suls]) is a former municipality in the district of Delémont in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.
[4] The former municipality is located in the Delemont district, in a small valley east of Undervelier.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, on Coupeaux Vert a Greyhound Gules passant.
[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (210 or 89.4%) as their first language, German is the second most common (22 or 9.4%) and Italian is the third (1 or 0.4%).
[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[2][12] The entire village of Soulce is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.
[13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 38.17% of the vote.
In the federal election, a total of 94 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 54.0%.
[8] There were 104 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 38.5% of the workforce.
In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 21.
In the tertiary sector; 2 or 28.6% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 2 or 28.6% were in the movement and storage of goods, 2 or 28.6% were in education.
[8] From the 2000 census[update], 171 or 72.8% were Roman Catholic, while 20 or 8.5% 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.