Premier is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

[3] A hamlet known as Lanfrey which was mentioned in the 14th century but vanished in the 15th, existed on or near the site of the village of Premier.

[4] Premier has an area, as of 2009[update], of 6.1 square kilometers (2.4 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.18 km2 (0.069 sq mi) or 2.9% is settled (buildings or roads).

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per pale Argent and Gules, overall a Plum-tree eradicated Vert fructed Azure.

[10] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (196 or 94.2%), with English being second most common (5 or 2.4%) and German being third (4 or 1.9%).

[11] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Premier is; 6 children or 3.2% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 24 teenagers or 12.9% are between 10 and 19.

[10] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][14] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 25.39% of the vote.

[10] There were 96 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 39.6% of the workforce.

[10] From the 2000 census[update], 26 or 12.5% were Roman Catholic, while 151 or 72.6% 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.