Soulce () is a former
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality ...
in the district of
Delémont
Delémont (; fc, D'lémont; german: Delsberg, ) is the capital of the Swiss canton of Jura. The city has approximately 12,000 inhabitants .
History
The area of the municipality was already settled in the middle Bronze Age. Fifteen urn buri ...
in the
canton of
Jura in
Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of
Bassecourt,
Courfaivre,
Glovelier, Soulce and
Undervelier
Undervelier is a former municipality in the district of Delémont in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Bassecourt, Courfaivre, Glovelier, Soulce and Undervelier merged to form the new munic ...
merged to form the new municipality of
Haute-Sorne
Haute-Sorne is a municipality in the district of Delémont in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Bassecourt, Courfaivre, Glovelier, Soulce and Undervelier merged to form the new municipality ...
.
[Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz]
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 2 January 2013
History
Soulce is first mentioned in 1148 as ''Sulza''. The municipality was formerly known by its German name ''Sulz'', however, that name is no longer used.
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Geography
Soulce had an area of . Of this area, or 26.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 70.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 1.9% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.3% is unproductive land.
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010[
The former municipality is located in the Delemont district, in a small valley east of ]Undervelier
Undervelier is a former municipality in the district of Delémont in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Bassecourt, Courfaivre, Glovelier, Soulce and Undervelier merged to form the new munic ...
. The village grew up along a small stream in the valley.
Coat of arms
The blazon
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of the municipal coat of arms
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is ''Or, on Coupeaux Vert a Greyhound Gules passant.''
Demographics
Soulce had a population () of 233.[Swiss Federal Statistics Office – STAT-TAB](_blank)
''Ständige und Nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Region, Geschlecht, Nationalität und Alter'' accessed 3 October 2012 , 3.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals.
accessed 19 June 2010
accessed 22-December-2011German
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* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
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**Ger ...
is the second most common (22 or 9.4%) and Italian
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** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance language
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is the third (1 or 0.4%).[
, the population was 48.8% male and 51.2% female. The population was made up of 114 Swiss men (44.5% of the population) and 11 (4.3%) non-Swiss men. There were 126 Swiss women (49.2%) and 5 (2.0%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality, 99 or about 42.1% were born in Soulce and lived there in 2000. There were 70 or 29.8% who were born in the same canton, while 48 or 20.4% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 18 or 7.7% were born outside of Switzerland.][
, children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 26.4% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 56.2% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 17.4%.][
, there were 93 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 116 married individuals, 16 widows or widowers and 10 individuals who are divorced.][STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000]
accessed 2 February 2011
, there were 95 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household.[ There were 28 households that consist of only one person and 9 households with five or more people. , a total of 95 apartments (82.6% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 18 apartments (15.7%) were seasonally occupied and 2 apartments (1.7%) were empty.][Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen]
accessed 28 January 2011 The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 5.04%.[
The historical population is given in the following chart:]
Sights
The entire village of Soulce is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.
Politics
In the 2007 federal election
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the most popular party was the SVP which received 38.17% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (36.56%), the CVP (11.83%) and the FDP (6.99%). In the federal election, a total of 94 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
In political science, voter turnout is the participation rate (often defined as those who cast a ballot) of a given election. This can be the percentage of registered voters, eligible voters, or all voting-age people. According to Stanford Univ ...
was 54.0%.
Economy
, Soulce had an unemployment rate of 5%. , there were 17 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 6 businesses involved in this sector. 1 person was employed in the secondary sector
In macroeconomics, the secondary sector of the economy is an economic sector in the three-sector theory that describes the role of manufacturing. It encompasses industries that produce a finished, usable product or are involved in constructio ...
and there was 1 business in this sector. 14 people were employed in the tertiary sector
The tertiary sector of the economy, generally known as the service sector, is the third of the three economic sectors in the three-sector model (also known as the economic cycle). The others are the primary sector ( raw materials) and the secon ...
, with 5 businesses in this sector.[ There were 104 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 38.5% of the workforce.
the total number of ]full-time equivalent
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jobs was 21. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 13, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 1, all of which were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 7. 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.
, there were 4 workers who commuted into the municipality and 73 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 18.3 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb]
accessed 24 June 2010 Of the working population, 6.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 67.3% used a private car.[
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Religion
From the , 171 or 72.8% were Roman Catholic
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*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
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, while 20 or 8.5% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church
The Protestant Church in Switzerland (PCS), (EKS); french: Église évangélique réformée de Suisse (EERS); it, Chiesa evangelica riformata in Svizzera (CERiS); rm, Baselgia evangelica refurmada da la Svizra (BRRS) formerly named Federation o ...
. Of the rest of the population, there were 16 individuals (or about 6.81% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There was 1 individual who was Islamic. 34 (or about 14.47% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
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or atheist
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, and 1 individuals (or about 0.43% of the population) did not answer the question.[
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Education
In Soulce about 74 or (31.5%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education
Secondary education or post-primary education covers two phases on the International Standard Classification of Education scale. Level 2 or lower secondary education (less commonly junior secondary education) is considered the second and final ph ...
, and 17 or (7.2%) have completed additional higher education (either university
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or a ''Fachhochschule
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''). Of the 17 who completed tertiary schooling, 58.8% were Swiss men, 35.3% were Swiss women.[
The Canton of Jura school system provides two year of non-obligatory ]Kindergarten
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, followed by six years of Primary school. This is followed by three years of obligatory lower Secondary school where the students are separated according to ability and aptitude. Following the lower Secondary students may attend a three or four year optional upper Secondary school followed by some form of Tertiary school or they may enter an apprenticeship
Apprenticeship is a system for training a new generation of practitioners of a trade or profession with on-the-job training and often some accompanying study (classroom work and reading). Apprenticeships can also enable practitioners to gain a ...
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References
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Former municipalities of the canton of Jura