[6] It consists of the villages of Montagny-la-Ville, Montagny-les-Monts, Mannens-Grandsivaz and Cousset along with the hamlets of Tours, Les Arbognes and Le Grabou.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Paly of six Or and Gules and a Chief Argent.

The coat of arms combines elements from the former municipalities of Montagny-la-Ville and Montagny-les-Monts.

[10] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (1,169 or 90.6%) as their first language, German is the second most common (68 or 5.3%) and Portuguese is the third (17 or 1.3%).

[11] The age distribution, as of 2000[update], in Montagny is; 242 children or 13.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 224 teenagers or 12.7% are between 10 and 19.

[10] The historical population is given in the following chart:[5][14] The Notre-Dame Church is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

[15] In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 27.2% of the vote.

[10] There were 641 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.4% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 102, of which 92 were in agriculture and 10 were in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 55 or 30.6% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 6 or 3.3% were in the movement and storage of goods, 14 or 7.8% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 1.1% were in the information industry, 5 or 2.8% were the insurance or financial industry, 9 or 5.0% were technical professionals or scientists, 13 or 7.2% were in education and 51 or 28.3% were in health care.

[10] From the 2000 census[update], 997 or 77.3% were Roman Catholic, while 131 or 10.2% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

This is followed by three years of obligatory lower Secondary school where the students are separated according to ability and aptitude.

The upper Secondary school is divided into gymnasium (university preparatory) and vocational programs.

After they finish the upper Secondary program, students may choose to attend a Tertiary school or continue their apprenticeship.

[20] During the 2010–11 school year, there were a total of 192 students attending 10 classes in Montagny.