[3] La Côte-aux-Fées has an area, as of 2009[update], of 12.9 square kilometers (5.0 sq mi).

[5] It consists of about a dozen hamlets, the most important of which is Les Bolles-du-Temple.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, a Lamb Argent passant on a base Vert.

This is an example of canting since the old version of the name is Coste eis Faes or hill of the lambs.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (496 or 93.8%) as their first language, German is the second most common (22 or 4.2%) and Portuguese is the third (7 or 1.3%).

[11] Of the population in the municipality, 160 or about 30.2% were born in La Côte-aux-Fées and lived there in 2000.

[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 41.96% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 248 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 64.6%.

[9] There were 241 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.3% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 16 or 15.1% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 6 or 5.7% were in the movement and storage of goods, 4 or 3.8% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 1.9% were the insurance or financial industry, 1 was a technical professional or scientist, 2 or 1.9% were in education and 57 or 53.8% were in health care.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 59 or 11.2% were Roman Catholic, while 278 or 52.6% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

[17] During the 2010–11 school year, there were 0.5 kindergarten classes with a total of 8 students in La Côte-aux-Fées.