Vellerat

Vellerat (vɛlʁa) is a former municipality in the district of Delémont in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. On 1 January 2019, the former municipalities of Rebeuvelier and Vellerat merged into the municipality of Courrendlin. Vellerat is first mentioned in 1741 as Vellerat. Vellerat was allowed to leave canton Bern and join canton Jura after a 1996 nationwide referendum (91.6% for, 8.4% against; 31.0% turnout). Vellerat has an area of . Of this area, or 26.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 70.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 3.4% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.0%. Out of the forested land, 66.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 3.4% is used for growing crops and 13.7% is pastures and 8.3% is used for alpine pastures. The municipality is located in the Delemont district. The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, a Rooster Gules on Coupeaux Vert. Vellerat has a population () of . , 5.8% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 4.3%. Migration accounted for 10%, while births and deaths accounted for -4.3%. Most of the population () speaks French (59 or 89.4%) as their first language, German is the second most common (5 or 7.6%) and English is the third (2 or 3.0%). the population was 52.1% male and 47.9% female. The population was made up of 36 Swiss men (49.3% of the population) and 2 (2.7%) non-Swiss men. There were 32 Swiss women (43.8%) and 3 (4.1%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality, 26 or about 39.4% were born in Vellerat and lived there in 2000. There were 17 or 25.8% who were born in the same canton, while 12 or 18.2% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 9 or 13.6% were born outside of Switzerland. children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 21.