Fontanezier is a former municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

[2] Fontanezier has an area, as of 2009[update], of 3.74 square kilometers (1.44 sq mi).

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Paly of six Argent and Azure, on a bend Gules three Buckles Or.

[6] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (62 or 88.6%), with German being second most common (7 or 10.0%) and Portuguese being third (1 or 1.4%).

[7] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Fontanezier is; 2 children or 3.4% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 8 teenagers or 13.8% are between 10 and 19.

[10] About 80.8% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage or a rent-to-own agreement).

[6] The historical population is given in the following chart:[2][13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 39.29% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 30 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 57.7%.

[6] There were 32 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.8% of the workforce.

In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 5, all of which were in agriculture.

[6] From the 2000 census[update], 4 or 5.7% were Roman Catholic, while 51 or 72.9% 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 578 children of which 359 children (62.1%) received subsidized pre-school care.

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