Essertes (French pronunciation: [esɛʁt]) is a former municipality in the district of Lavaux-Oron in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

[3] Essertes has an area, as of 2009[update], of 1.7 square kilometers (0.66 sq mi).

[5] The municipality is located in the Jorat region, on the border with the Canton of Fribourg.

It consists of the linear village of Essertes (on the Vevey-Moudon road) and the hamlets of Bretonnaire and Les Clos.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, on a Stump eradicated Or a Cuckoo proper.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (240 or 92.7%), with German being second most common (8 or 3.1%) and Italian being third (4 or 1.5%).

[10] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Essertes is; 30 children or 11.0% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 32 teenagers or 11.7% are between 10 and 19.

[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 26.3% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 80 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 46.0%.

[9] There were 158 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.7% of the workforce.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 64 or 24.7% were Roman Catholic, while 146 or 56.4% 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.