Movelier

Movelier is a municipality in the district of Delémont in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. Movelier is first mentioned in 1188 as Moderswilre. The municipality was formerly known by its German name Moderswiler, however, that name is no longer used. Movelier has an area of . Of this area, or 45.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 49.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 4.6% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.6%. Out of the forested land, 45.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 15.7% is used for growing crops and 15.7% is pastures and 13.5% is used for alpine pastures. The municipality is located in the Delemont district, on a plain north of Delemont near the French border. The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent, a Mule Gules statant on Coupeaux Vert. Movelier has a population () of . , 4.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of -0.5%. Migration accounted for -3.1%, while births and deaths accounted for -2.3%. Most of the population () speaks French (298 or 76.4%) as their first language, German is the second most common (89 or 22.8%) and Italian is the third (1 or 0.3%). the population was 51.2% male and 48.8% female. The population was made up of 183 Swiss men (47.5% of the population) and 14 (3.6%) non-Swiss men. There were 176 Swiss women (45.7%) and 12 (3.1%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality, 197 or about 50.5% were born in Movelier and lived there in 2000. There were 74 or 19.0% who were born in the same canton, while 83 or 21.3% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 28 or 7.2% were born outside of Switzerland. children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 25.1% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 59.5% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 15.