District des Franches-Montagnes
JuraDistrict des Franches-Montagnes is one of 4 districts of the canton of Jura and comprises 12 municipalities with 10'464 residents in all (BFS, 2025). A district is an administrative unit of the canton — a court and administrative area, not a postal delivery area: postal codes and localities follow delivery routes and can cross district borders.
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Votes in District des Franches-Montagnes
district results as published by BFSPolitics
National Council election 2023 · sum of its municipalitiesTax rate in the district
ESTV 2026A district has no tax rate of its own. Rates range from 130 % % in Les Breuleux to 230 % % in Saignelégier (median 205 % %).
Tax burden (single, CHF 100,000): 13.8 % in Les Breuleux to 16.7 % in Saignelégier (ESTV 2'026)
Housing
BFSVacancy rate: published by BFS for the district (2025) · Dwellings: sum of its municipalities (2024)
Population change
BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalitiesEconomy
BFS · 2024 · sum of its municipalitiesAgriculture
BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalitiesClimate · Terrain
MeteoSchweiz · swisstopoClimate: area-weighted over its municipalities · Terrain: swissALTIRegio 40 m, zonal over the district polygon
Energy · Accessibility
BFE · ElCom · ARESolar potential: sum of its municipalities · Electricity: median of its municipalities (25.091–28.011 Rp./kWh, 2027). ElCom publishes a median per municipality; the district value is our median of those. · Accessibility: median of its municipalities
Where the municipalities of District des Franches-Montagnes rank
sum of its municipalities7 of these postal codes reach across the district border.
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swisstopo · OSM- Which municipalities belong to District des Franches-Montagnes?
- District des Franches-Montagnes comprises 12 municipalities: Saignelégier, Le Noirmont, Les Breuleux, Les Bois, Lajoux, Montfaucon, Les Genevez, Muriaux, Le Bémont, Saint-Brais, Les Enfers, Soubey. Together they have 10'464 residents (BFS, 2025).
- Which canton is District des Franches-Montagnes in?
- District des Franches-Montagnes lies in the canton of Jura, which is divided into 4 districts.
- How many people live in District des Franches-Montagnes?
- District des Franches-Montagnes has 10'464 residents (BFS STATPOP, 2025) — the sum of its 12 municipalities; the largest is Saignelégier with 2'528.
- Does District des Franches-Montagnes have its own tax rate?
- No. Tax rates are set by municipalities. In District des Franches-Montagnes the municipal rate ranges from 130 % (Les Breuleux) to 230 % (Saignelégier).
- How did District des Franches-Montagnes vote in the latest federal vote?
- On 27.09.2026, District des Franches-Montagnes voted 29.3 % yes on “Popular Initiative 'For food security – through increased sustainable domestic production, more plant-based food and clean drinking water (Food Initiative)'” (Rejected) — the district figure BFS publishes.
Districts exist in 17 cantons; UR, OW, NW, GL, ZG, BS, AI, NE and GE have no such level.