Peney-le-Jorat is a former municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

The villages of Villars-Tiercelin, Montaubion-Chardonney, Sottens, Villars-Mendraz and Peney-le-Jorat merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Jorat-Menthue.

[2] Peney-le-Jorat has an area, as of 2009[update], of 4.5 square kilometers (1.7 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.26 km2 (0.10 sq mi) or 5.8% is settled (buildings or roads).

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, on three Hills as many Pine-trees Argent, in chief two Gad-flies Or.

[6] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (285 or 91.3%), with Portuguese being second most common (11 or 3.5%) and German being third (10 or 3.2%).

[7] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Peney-le-Jorat is; 51 children or 13.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 63 teenagers or 16.7% are between 10 and 19.

[10] About 62.1% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage or a rent-to-own agreement).

[6] The historical population is given in the following chart:[2][13] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 22.5% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 118 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 50.6%.

[6] There were 152 residents of the village who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.1% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 20 or 54.1% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 3 or 8.1% were in the movement and storage of goods, 5 or 13.5% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was a technical professional or scientist, 2 or 5.4% were in education.

[6] From the 2000 census[update], 50 or 16.0% were Roman Catholic, while 201 or 64.4% 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 296 children of which 96 children (32.4%) received subsidized pre-school care.

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