Longirod is a municipality in the Swiss canton Vaud, located in the district of Nyon.

[3] Longirod has an area, as of 2009[update], of 9.44 square kilometers (3.64 sq mi).

[5] The municipality is located at the foot of the Jura Mountains along the road to Col du Marchairuz.

It consists of the village of Longirod and scattered individual farm houses.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent, from a Mount Vert rising three Pine-trees of the same.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (287 or 83.4%), with German being second most common (30 or 8.7%) and English being third (16 or 4.7%).

[8] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Longirod is; 62 children or 14.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 51 teenagers or 11.9% 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 31.03% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 121 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 47.1%.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 29, of which 27 were in agriculture and 2 were in forestry or lumber production.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 66 or 19.2% were Roman Catholic, while 206 or 59.9% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

The wettest month is December during which time Longirod receives an average of 140 mm (5.5 in) of rain or snow.

The month with the most days of precipitation is May, with an average of 13.1, but with only 103 mm (4.1 in) of rain or snow.

The driest month of the year is July with an average of 80 mm (3.1 in) of precipitation over 9.3 days.

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.