Sainte-Croix (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t kʁwa] ⓘ) is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

[3] Sainte-Croix has an area, as of 2009[update], of 39.42 square kilometers (15.22 sq mi).

[5] It is located between Yverdon in Vaud, Fleurier in Neuchâtel, and Pontarlier in France.

The village of Sainte Croix is situated at an altitude of 1,086 meters (3,563 ft) in the Jura Mountains at the foot of the Chasseron.

The municipal area stretches over two valleys, Sainte Croix and Les Granges and includes 27 villages.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, a Latin Cross Or issuant from a Coupeaux Vert.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (3,914 or 90.3%), with German being second most common (96 or 2.2%) and Italian being third (93 or 2.1%).

[8] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Sainte-Croix is; 400 children or 9.0% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 448 teenagers or 10.0% are between 10 and 19.

[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] The entire villages of L’Auberson and Sainte-Croix and the hamlet of La Chaux are designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[14] The Centre International de la Mécanique d'Art is located in the municipality.

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 35.49% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 1,263 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 40.8%.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 63, of which 55 were in agriculture and 8 were in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 151 or 21.8% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 32 or 4.6% were in the movement and storage of goods, 78 or 11.3% were in a hotel or restaurant, 16 or 2.3% were in the information industry, 10 or 1.4% were the insurance or financial industry, 22 or 3.2% were technical professionals or scientists, 102 or 14.7% were in education and 185 or 26.7% were in health care.

[9] The meter gauge electric Yverdon–Ste-Croix railway line links Sainte Croix with Yverdon-les-Bains.

From the 2000 census[update], 920 or 21.2% were Roman Catholic, while 2,275 or 52.5% 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.

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