Bercher is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

[3] Bercher has an area, as of 2009[update], of 4.25 square kilometers (1.64 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.69 km2 (0.27 sq mi) or 16.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (809 or 92.1%), with German being second most common (30 or 3.4%) and Portuguese being third (12 or 1.4%).

[8] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Bercher is; 140 children or 12.6% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 167 teenagers or 15.1% are between 10 and 19.

The greatest number of single family homes (41) were built between 1981 and 1990.

[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 24.63% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 303 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 44.6%.

[9] There were 426 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.1% of the workforce.

In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 211.

The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 28 of which 14 or (50.0%) were in manufacturing and 14 (50.0%) were in construction.

In the tertiary sector; 56 or 32.7% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 60 or 35.1% were in the movement and storage of goods, 8 or 4.7% were in a hotel or restaurant, 6 or 3.5% were the insurance or financial industry, 6 or 3.5% were technical professionals or scientists, 5 or 2.9% were in education and 20 or 11.7% were in health care.

From the 2000 census[update], 182 or 20.7% were Roman Catholic, while 541 or 61.6% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

In the Vaud cantonal school system, two years of non-obligatory pre-school are provided by the political districts.

[17] During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 296 children of which 96 children (32.4%) received subsidized pre-school care.

The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years.