Essert-Pittet (French pronunciation: [ɛsɛʁ pitɛ]) is a former municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

[3] Essert-Pittet had an area, as of 2009[update], of 2.8 square kilometers (1.1 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.31 km2 (0.12 sq mi) or 11.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 0.7% is either rivers or lakes.

[5] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, three Acorns Argent two and one.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (108 or 86.4%) as their first language, with German being second most common (6 or 4.8%) and English being third (4 or 3.2%).

[9] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Essert-Pittet is; 17 children or 12.9% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 10 teenagers or 7.6% are between 10 and 19.

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][12] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 37.64% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 43 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 53.1%.

[8] There were 74 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.9% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 2 or 20.0% were in the movement and storage of goods, 3 or 30.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 3 or 30.0% were in education.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 18 or 14.4% were Roman Catholic, while 74 or 59.2% 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.

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