Soyhières is a municipality in the district of Delémont in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.

[5] The municipality is located in the Delemont district, on the banks of the Birs river.

It consists of the village of Soyhières on the left bank of the Birs and the hamlet of Les Riedes-Dessus on the right.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Quartered Gules a Hare salient Argent and Azure a Wing sinister of the second.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (387 or 77.4%) as their first language, German is the second most common (86 or 17.2%) and Italian is the third (11 or 2.2%).

[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 28.1% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 124 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 38.9%.

[9] There were 242 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 48.8% of the workforce.

In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 84.

In the tertiary sector; 4 or 8.2% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 4 or 8.2% were in the movement and storage of goods, 24 or 49.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 4 or 8.2% were technical professionals or scientists, 4 or 8.2% were in education and 3 or 6.1% were in health care.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 332 or 66.4% were Roman Catholic, while 90 or 18.0% 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.