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. Geography Montcherand has an area, , of . Of this area, or 52.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 30.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 13.7% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes and 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. 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. The age distribution, , in Montcherand is; 46 children or 10.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 67 teenagers or 15.6% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 49 people or 11.4% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 75 people or 17.5% are between 30 and 39, 64 people or 14.9% are between 40 and 49, and 46 people or 10.7% are between 50 and 59. The