Ursins (French pronunciation: [yʁsɛ̃]) is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

[3] Ursins has an area, as of 2009[update], of 3.4 square kilometers (1.3 sq mi).

[6] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Pally of Six Argent and Azure, on a Bend Gules three Bears' heads bendwise Or.

[10] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (164 or 96.5%) as their first language, with German being second most common (2 or 1.2%) and Afrikanische Sprachen being third (2 or 1.2%).

[11] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Ursins is; 24 children or 11.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 20 teenagers or 9.6% are between 10 and 19.

[10] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][14] The Roman era Sanctuary is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

[15] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 50.29% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 79 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 56.4%.

[10] There were 87 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.5% of the workforce.

[10] From the 2000 census[update], 9 or 5.3% were Roman Catholic, while 134 or 78.8% 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.

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