Vicques, Switzerland

Vicques (French pronunciation: [vik] ⓘ; formerly German: Wix) 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 the Val Terbi.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, two Fishes Azure in saltire.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (1,508 or 93.8%) as their first language, German is the second most common (53 or 3.3%) and Italian is the third (15 or 0.9%).

[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 49.63% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 479 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 38.3%.

[8] There were 800 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.9% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 43, of which 36 were in agriculture and 6 were in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 59 or 31.6% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 9 or 4.8% were in the movement and storage of goods, 8 or 4.3% were in a hotel or restaurant, 10 or 5.3% were the insurance or financial industry, 4 or 2.1% were technical professionals or scientists, 35 or 18.7% were in education and 45 or 24.1% were in health care.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 1,308 or 81.3% were Roman Catholic, while 151 or 9.4% 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.

[16] During the 2009-10 school year, there were a total of 486 students attending 27 classes in Vicques.

Aerial view (1955)
Border of the municipality
Houses in Vicques
Church in Vicques
School building in Vicques