Vellerat (French pronunciation: [vɛlʁa]) is a former municipality in the district of Delémont in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, a Rooster Gules on Coupeaux Vert.

[11] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (59 or 89.4%) as their first language, German is the second most common (5 or 7.6%) and English is the third (2 or 3.0%).

[11] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][15] Vellerat is twinned with the town of Voeren, Belgium.

[16] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SPS which received 56.25% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 33 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 58.9%.

[11] There were 41 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 34.1% of the workforce.

[11] From the 2000 census[update], 43 or 65.2% were Roman Catholic, while 8 or 12.1% 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.

[19] Asteroid 212374 Vellerat, discovered by amateur astronomer Michel Ory in 2006, was named in honor of the village.

[21] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 9 January 2020 (M.P.C.