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District de Moutier

Jura

District de Moutier is one of 4 districts of the canton of Jura and comprises 1 municipalities with — residents in all (BFS, ). 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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Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Votes in District de Moutier

district results as published by BFS
27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% Yes
30.9% YesNo 69.1%
14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% Yes
40.3% YesNo 59.7%
14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% Yes
38.3% YesNo 61.7%
08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% Yes
60.2% YesNo 39.8%
08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% Yes
39.6% YesNo 60.4%
08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% Yes
55.7% YesNo 44.3%
08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% Yes
62.2% YesNo 37.8%
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Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023 · sum of its municipalities
SP34.2% · strongest party
SP34.2%
SVP28.9%
GRÜNE11.7%
FDP8.6%
Mitte6.5%
GLP3.6%
EVP2.5%
EDU2.4%
Übrige0.9%
SD0.7%

In 2023, Moutier voted as a municipality of canton BE, on that canton's lists; since 01.01.2026 it belongs to canton JU.

Moutier
230 %
median of its municipalities
230 %
Moutier
230 %

A district has no tax rate of its own. Rates range from 230 % % in Moutier to 230 % % in Moutier (median 230 % %).

Tax burden (single, CHF 100,000): 16.7 % in Moutier to 16.7 % in Moutier (ESTV 2'026)

Climate · Terrain

MeteoSchweiz · swisstopo
Annual mean temperature
8 °C
Precipitation
1'356 mm
Elevation
494–1'259 m
Flat share
10.8%

Climate: area-weighted over its municipalities · Terrain: swissALTIRegio 40 m, zonal over the district polygon

Energy · Accessibility

BFE · ElCom · ARE
Electricity
32.3 Rp./kWh
Public transport to centre
60 min
Road to centre
61 min

· Electricity: median of its municipalities (32.316–32.316 Rp./kWh, 2027). ElCom publishes a median per municipality; the district value is our median of those. · Accessibility: median of its municipalities

MunicipalitiesLargest municipalitiesForeign residentsTax burden
Moutier——46/51

1 of these postal codes reach across the district border.

Map

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Which municipalities belong to District de Moutier?
District de Moutier comprises 1 municipalities: Moutier. Together they have — residents (BFS, ).
Which canton is District de Moutier in?
District de Moutier lies in the canton of Jura, which is divided into 4 districts.
How many people live in District de Moutier?
District de Moutier has — residents (BFS STATPOP, ) — the sum of its 1 municipalities; the largest is Moutier with —.
Does District de Moutier have its own tax rate?
No. Tax rates are set by municipalities. In District de Moutier the municipal rate ranges from 230 % (Moutier) to 230 % (Moutier).
How did District de Moutier vote in the latest federal vote?
On 27.09.2026, District de Moutier voted 35.2 % 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.