Cœuve

Coeuve is a municipality in the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. Coeuve is first mentioned in 1136 as Cova. Coeuve has an area of . Of this area, or 56.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 37.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 5.0% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.1% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.5%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 37.9% is used for growing crops and 15.6% is pastures, while 3.3% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. The municipality is located in the Porrentruy district. The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, a Bend sinister Or, in chief dexter a Fleur-de-lis of the same. Coeuve has a population () of . , 6.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 3.3%. Migration accounted for 3.9%, while births and deaths accounted for 2.3%. Most of the population () speaks French (607 or 95.3%) as their first language, German is the second most common (18 or 2.8%) and Portuguese is the third (5 or 0.8%). and 1 person who speaks Romansh. the population was 47.7% male and 52.3% female. The population was made up of 305 Swiss men (44.7% of the population) and 21 (3.1%) non-Swiss men. There were 336 Swiss women (49.2%) and 21 (3.1%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality, 350 or about 54.9% were born in Coeuve and lived there in 2000. There were 171 or 26.8% who were born in the same canton, while 53 or 8.3% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 43 or 6.8% were born outside of Switzerland. children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 28.6% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 52.9% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 18.5%.