[3] Cressier has an area, as of 2009[update], of 8.6 square kilometers (3.3 sq mi).

[5] It is at the foot of the Jura Mountains and near the, flood-prone, Thielle river.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (1,537 or 79.9%) as their first language, Italian is the second most common (105 or 5.5%) and German is the third (99 or 5.1%).

[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] The Former Church of St-Martin and Jeanjaquet Castle and the collection of neolithic and Roman sites at the Ensemble de la Vieille Thielle are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance.

The entire village of Cressier is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[14] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 26.22% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 505 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 48.9%.

[9] There were 987 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.6% of the workforce.

In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 983.

In the tertiary sector; 99 or 39.3% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 6 or 2.4% were in the movement and storage of goods, 13 or 5.2% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 6 or 2.4% were technical professionals or scientists, 11 or 4.4% were in education and 100 or 39.7% were in health care.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 895 or 46.5% were Roman Catholic, while 501 or 26.1% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

[18] During the 2010-11 school year, there were 2.5 kindergarten classes with a total of 44 students in Cressier.