Montcherand, Switzerland

Montcherand
Coat of arms
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Location of Montcherand
Coordinates: 46°44′N 06°31′E / 46.733°N 6.517°E / 46.733; 6.517Coordinates: 46°44′N 06°31′E / 46.733°N 6.517°E / 46.733; 6.517
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Vaud
District	Jura-Nord Vaudois
Government
• Mayor	Syndic
Area
• Total	3.06 km2 (1.18 sq mi)
Elevation	556 m (1,824 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	474
• Density	150/km2 (400/sq mi)
Postal code	1354
SFOS number	5756
Surrounded by	Agiez, Les Clées, Orbe, Sergey, Valeyres-sous-Rances
Website	www.montcherand.ch Profile (in French), SFSO statistics

Montcherand is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

Montcherand is first mentioned in 1324 as Montcherant.

Montcherand has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 3.1 square kilometers (1.2 sq mi). Of this area, 1.62 km² (0.63 sq mi) or 52.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.93 km² (0.36 sq mi) or 30.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.42 km² (0.16 sq mi) or 13.7% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes and 0.04 km² (9.9 acres) or 1.3% is unproductive land.

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 was part of the Orbe District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Montcherand became part of the new district of Jura-Nord Vaudois.

The municipality is located north of the Orbe river gorge.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, a Saltire Argent, in base a Coupeaux Or.

Montcherand has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 474. As of 2008^[update], 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.