Montagny-près-Yverdon is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

[3] Its history goes back to at least the 12th century, but the medieval castle and church no longer exist.

Montagny-près-Yverdon has an area, as of 2009[update], of 3.5 square kilometers (1.4 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.79 km2 (0.31 sq mi) or 22.4% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 0.6% is either rivers or lakes.

[5] The municipal area stretches from the hills around the village, over the Brinaz stream and to the banks of the Orbe.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent, a Crayfish-claw Gules.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (536 or 88.4%) as their first language, with German being second most common (21 or 3.5%) and Italian being third (17 or 2.8%).

[10] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Montagny-près-Yverdon is; 75 children or 11.1% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 85 teenagers or 12.6% 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 SP which received 24.89% of the vote.

In the tertiary sector; 479 or 66.3% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 9 or 1.2% were in the movement and storage of goods, 74 or 10.2% were in a hotel or restaurant, 7 or 1.0% were in the information industry, 30 or 4.2% were the insurance or financial industry, 61 or 8.4% were technical professionals or scientists, and 21 or 2.9% were in health care.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 146 or 24.1% were Roman Catholic, while 317 or 52.3% 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.