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

The village is first mentioned in 769 by the name of Verteme, supposedly derived from the Gaulish word vertima, meaning mountain top.

Saint Germanus governed the monasteries for 35 years, leading into an era of expansion and prosperity.

In the 9th century the Columban Rule was abandoned and Saint Paul transformed into a Benedictine monastery.

After nearly three centuries of existence, the Saint Paul monastery of Vermes was most likely dissolved around the year 962 by the sons of Liutfried VI, Count of Upper Alsace.

The remains of the monastery are still clearly visible upon Sur les Clos in Vermes.

It consists of the village of Vermes, the hamlet of Envelier and Raymontpierre Castle.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (222 or 69.6%) as their first language, German is the second most common (90 or 28.2%) and English is the third (5 or 1.6%).

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[2][12] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SPS which received 50.7% of the vote.

[8] There were 146 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.8% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 44, of which 42 were in agriculture and 2 were in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 4 or 25.0% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 8 or 50.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 3 or 18.8% were in education.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 184 or 57.7% were Roman Catholic, while 42 or 13.2% 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.