Montcherand () is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
History
Montcherand is first mentioned in 1324 as Montcherant.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 6.2%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.6% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.3%. Out of the forested land, 29.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 37.9% is used for growing crops and 13.4% is pastures, while 1.6% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located north of the Orbe river gorge.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, a Saltire Argent, in base a Coupeaux Or.
Demographics
Montcherand has a population () of . , 11.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of -3.6%. It has changed at a rate of -10.8% due to migration and at a rate of 7% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks French (385 or 95.3%), with Portuguese being second most common (5 or 1.2%) and Italian being third (4 or 1.0%). There are 3 people who speak German.
, there were 177 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 201 married individuals, 12 widows or widowers and 14 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 148 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.7 persons per household.
, a total of 142 apartments (91.0% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 10 apartments (6.4%) were seasonally occupied and 4 apartments (2.6%) were empty.
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Heritage sites of national significance
The Swiss Reformed Church of Sainte-Etienne is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance. The entire village of Montcherand is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.
Politics
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 31.03% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (22.54%), the SP (15.58%) and the LPS Party (8.94%). In the federal election, a total of 125 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 96.9%.
Economy
, Montcherand had an unemployment rate of 3.3%. , there were 21 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 7 businesses involved in this sector. 61 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 7 businesses in this sector. 38 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 9 businesses in this sector.
, there were 66 workers who commuted into the municipality and 162 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 2.5 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 16.7% of the workforce coming into Montcherand are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 5.3% used public transportation to get to work, and 75.7% used a private car. During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 578 children of which 359 children (62.1%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 24 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 29 students in those schools. There was also 1 student who was home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.
, there were 7 students in Montcherand who came from another municipality, while 77 residents attended schools outside the municipality.