Valeyres-sous-Rances (French pronunciation: [valɛʁ su ʁɑ̃s] ⓘ, literally Valeyres under Rances) is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

[4] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Vert, a Bend wavy Argent, in Chief three Wheat Ears Or, two and one, in base a Grape-bunch of the same[5] Valeyres-sous-Rances has a population (as of December 2020[update]) of 610.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (472 or 95.0%), with German being second most common (9 or 1.8%) and Italian being third (4 or 0.8%).

[9] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Valeyres-sous-Rances is; 50 children or 9.9% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 89 teenagers or 17.6% are between 10 and 19.

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[12] The Bonstetten House is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

The entire village of Valeyres-sous-Rances is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[8] There were 244 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 40.2% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 4 or 16.7% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 4 or 16.7% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 5 or 20.8% were technical professionals or scientists, 3 or 12.5% were in education.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 98 or 19.7% were Roman Catholic, while 288 or 57.9% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

The wettest month is December during which time Valeyres-sous-Rances receives an average of 89 mm (3.5 in) of rain or snow.

The driest month of the year is April with an average of 59 mm (2.3 in) of precipitation over 9.9 days.

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.