Develier

Develier is a municipality in the district of Delémont in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.HistoryDevelier is first mentioned in 1139 as Divilier.GeographyDevelier has an area of. Of this area, 5.91km2 or 47.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 5.39km2 or 43.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.11km2 or 8.9% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02km2 or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes and 0.03km2 or 0.2% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.8%. Out of the forested land, 40.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 22.8% is used for growing crops and 14.9% is pastures and 8.9% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.The municipality is located in the Delemont district, on the Delemont-Porrentruy road which runs over the Les Rangiers pass. It consists of the village of Develier and the hamlet of Develier-Dessus.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, a Semi Lion rampant Or langued Argent issuant from Coupeaux of six of the last.DemographicsDevelier has a population of., 10.8% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 7.3%. Migration accounted for 3.7%, while births and deaths accounted for 2.8%.