Montcherand (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃ʃ(ə)ʁɑ̃]) is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

[3] Montcherand has an area, as of 2009[update], of 3.1 square kilometers (1.2 sq mi).

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, a Saltire Argent, in base a Coupeaux Or.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (385 or 95.3%), with Portuguese being second most common (5 or 1.2%) and Italian being third (4 or 1.0%).

[10] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Montcherand is; 46 children or 10.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 67 teenagers or 15.6% are between 10 and 19.

The entire village of Montcherand is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[14] 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 125 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 96.9%.

[9] There were 206 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 44.2% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 17 or 56.7% were in the movement and storage of goods, 2 or 6.7% were in a hotel or restaurant, 7 or 23.3% were technical professionals or scientists, 2 or 6.7% were in education.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 60 or 14.9% were Roman Catholic, while 284 or 70.3% 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.