Montricher is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Morges.

[3] Montricher has an area, as of 2009[update], of 25.98 square kilometers (10.03 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.79 km2 (0.31 sq mi) or 3.0% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes and 0.19 km2 (0.073 sq mi) or 0.7% is unproductive land.

[5] The municipality is located in the forested foothills of the Jura Mountains.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent, in Chief Gules three Escallops Or.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (642 or 92.2%), with German being second most common (25 or 3.6%) and English being third (11 or 1.6%).

[8] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Montricher is; 95 children or 11.8% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 125 teenagers or 15.5% 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 23.11% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 280 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 52.8%.

[9] There were 386 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.5% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 47, of which 35 were in agriculture and 12 were in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 35 or 36.1% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 2 or 2.1% were in the movement and storage of goods, 10 or 10.3% were in a hotel or restaurant, 11 or 11.3% were the insurance or financial industry, 26 or 26.8% were technical professionals or scientists, 8 or 8.2% were in education.

From the 2000 census[update], 99 or 14.2% were Roman Catholic, while 430 or 61.8% 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.

[17] During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 631 children of which 203 children (32.2%) received subsidized pre-school care.

The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years.