Porrentruy (district)
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Porrentruy District District de Porrentruy |
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| Country |
 Switzerland
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| Canton |
 Jura
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| Capital | Porrentruy |
| Area | |
| • Total | 335.12 km2 (129.39 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 24,558 |
| • Density | 73/km2 (190/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Municipalities | 22 |
Porrentruy District (German: Pruntrut) is one of the three districts of the canton of Jura, Switzerland. Its capital is the town of Porrentruy. The French-speaking district has a population of 24,558 (as of 31 December 2015).
Porrentruy is divided into a total of 23 municipalities:
The blazon of the district coat of arms is Gules a Fess Argent, overall a Cockatrice Or volant holding in legs and beak a Crosier of the same.
Porrentruy has a population (as of December 2015[update]) of 24,558. Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (22,008 or 91.8%) as their first language, German is the second most common (1,001 or 4.2%) and Italian is the third (306 or 1.3%). There are 8 people who speak Romansh.
As of 2008[update], the population was 48.8% male and 51.2% female. The population was made up of 10,585 Swiss men (43.7% of the population) and 1,243 (5.1%) non-Swiss men. There were 11,322 Swiss women (46.7%) and 1,083 (4.5%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the district, 9,552 or about 39.8% were born in Porrentruy and lived there in 2000. There were 7,448 or 31.1% who were born in the same canton, while 2,708 or 11.3% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 3,388 or 14.1% were born outside of Switzerland.
As of 2000[update], there were 9,390 people who were single and never married in the district. There were 11,599 married individuals, 1,854 widows or widowers and 1,128 individuals who are divorced.
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