Although traces from the Bronze Age have been found in the vicinity, and the site that was to become Vich found itself strategically situated on the Vy de l'Etraz - the Roman paved road (albeit with prehistoric antecedents) from Nyon to Orbe - there is no archaeological evidence or mention of a village until 1165 when the church of Vich (ecclesiam de Vizo) was given by the Lord of Begnins to the Cistercian abbey of Bonmont.

In 1536 the Pays de Vaud was taken by the Bernese who remained masters until 1798 when the canton was liberated by the French revolutionary troops; and in 1803 Vich found itself part of the Swiss Confederation.

Vich has an area, as of 2009[update], of 1.6 square kilometers (0.62 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.44 km2 (0.17 sq mi) or 28.2% is settled (buildings or roads).

[4] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, a Garb Or between two Grapes of the same.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (574 or 78.2%), with English being second most common (60 or 8.2%) and German being third (43 or 5.9%).

[9] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Vich is; 78 children or 10.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 93 teenagers or 12.8% are between 10 and 19.

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[12] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 21.88% of the vote.

[8] There were 373 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 44.0% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 152 or 67.9% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 5 or 2.2% were in the movement and storage of goods, 9 or 4.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 4 or 1.8% were in the information industry, 10 or 4.5% were the insurance or financial industry, 13 or 5.8% were technical professionals or scientists, 9 or 4.0% were in education.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 245 or 33.4% were Roman Catholic, while 250 or 34.1% 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.

[15] Collège de L'Esplanade Begnins, a public school, serves Vich.