Villars-le-Terroir is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

Villars-le-Terroir has an area, as of 2009[update], of 7.09 square kilometres (2.74 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.63 km2 (0.24 sq mi) or 8.9% is settled (buildings or roads).

[4] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, a Chevron Argent between three Bezants (Or) two and one.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (600 or 94.2%), with German being second most common (16 or 2.5%) and Italian being third (5 or 0.8%).

[7] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Villars-le-Terroir is; 90 children or 12.0% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 90 teenagers or 12.0% 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 33.4% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 248 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 45.8%.

[8] There were 329 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.2% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 43, of which 42 were in agriculture and were in fishing or fisheries.

In the tertiary sector; 5 or 15.6% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 3 or 9.4% were in the movement and storage of goods, 6 or 18.8% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 5 or 15.6% were technical professionals or scientists, 7 or 21.9% were in education.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 409 or 64.2% were Roman Catholic, while 139 or 21.8% 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.

[16] During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 296 children of which 96 children (32.4%) received subsidized pre-school care.

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