Mont-la-Ville is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Morges.
[3] Mont-la-Ville has an area, as of 2009[update], of 19.75 square kilometers (7.63 sq mi).
[5] The municipality is located in the southeast foothills of the Jura Mountains along the road to Mollendruz.
It consists of the village of Mont-la-Ville and the hamlet of Chaume as well as scattered farm houses.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale, Azure and Argent, two Arrowpoints counterchanged, overall in base a Coupeaux Or.
[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (317 or 96.6%), with German being second most common (5 or 1.5%) and Italian being third (3 or 0.9%).
[8] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Mont-la-Ville is; 35 children or 10.0% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 46 teenagers or 13.1% are between 10 and 19.
[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] The prehistoric rock shelter at Mollendruz is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
[14] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 35.96% of the vote.
In the federal election, a total of 108 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 43.7%.
[9] There were 137 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.8% of the workforce.
In the tertiary sector; 2 or 9.5% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 16 or 76.2% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 9.5% were in education.
[9] From the 2000 census[update], 61 or 18.6% were Roman Catholic, while 217 or 66.2% 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.