Poliez-Pittet is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

[3] Poliez-Pittet has an area, as of 2009[update], of 5.01 square kilometers (1.93 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.47 km2 (0.18 sq mi) or 9.4% is settled (buildings or roads).

[5] The municipality is located on the left bank of the Mentue river.

The name Poliez is derived from Polliacus, the name of a local land owner in the Roman era.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (517 or 95.2%), with German being second most common (10 or 1.8%) and Portuguese being third (6 or 1.1%).

[8] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Poliez-Pittet is; 74 children or 11.1% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 94 teenagers or 14.1% 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 32.96% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 201 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 45.8%.

[9] There were 306 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.5% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 22 or 50.0% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 12 or 27.3% were in a hotel or restaurant, 3 or 6.8% were in education.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 251 or 46.2% were Roman Catholic, while 209 or 38.5% 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.