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Bottens is a
municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of
Vaud Vaud ( ; french: (Canton de) Vaud, ; german: (Kanton) Waadt, or ), more formally the canton of Vaud, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of ten districts and its capital city is Lausanne. Its coat of arms b ...
in
Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
.


History

Bottens is first mentioned in 1142 as ''Botens''.


Geography

Bottens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 72.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 20.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 7.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.6% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.5%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 50.8% is used for growing crops and 20.6% is pastures. The municipality was part of the Echallens District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Bottens became part of the new district of Gros-de-Vaud.Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
accessed 4 April 2011
The municipality is located south-west of Echallens in the Gros-de-Vaud region.


Coat of arms

The
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of the municipal
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is ''Gules on a bend Argent a lion Sable.''


Demographics

Bottens has a population () of . , 10.8% of the population are resident foreign nationals.Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Superweb database - Gemeinde Statistics 1981-2008
accessed 19 June 2010
Over the last 10 years (1999–2009) the population has changed at a rate of 17.9%. It has changed at a rate of 12.3% due to migration and at a rate of 6.1% due to births and deaths.
accessed 26-May-2011
Most of the population () speaks French (853 or 93.0%), with
German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ger ...
being second most common (30 or 3.3%) and
Portuguese Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portu ...
being third (11 or 1.2%). There are 7 people who speak
Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...
. Of the population in the municipality 267 or about 29.1% were born in Bottens and lived there in 2000. There were 391 or 42.6% who were born in the same canton, while 136 or 14.8% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 102 or 11.1% were born outside of Switzerland. In there were 6 live births to Swiss citizens and 2 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 6 deaths of Swiss citizens and 1 non-Swiss citizen death. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens remained the same while the foreign population increased by 1. There was 1 Swiss man who immigrated back to Switzerland. At the same time, there were 3 non-Swiss men and 6 non-Swiss women who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 8 and the non-Swiss population increased by 11 people. This represents a
population growth rate Population growth is the increase in the number of people in a population or dispersed group. Actual global human population growth amounts to around 83 million annually, or 1.1% per year. The global population has grown from 1 billion in 1800 to ...
of 1.9%. The age distribution, , in Bottens is; 114 children or 10.8% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 154 teenagers or 14.6% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 121 people or 11.5% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 156 people or 14.8% are between 30 and 39, 186 people or 17.6% are between 40 and 49, and 136 people or 12.9% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 92 people or 8.7% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 48 people or 4.5% are between 70 and 79, there are 44 people or 4.2% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 5 people or 0.5% who are 90 and older.Canton of Vaud Statistical Office
accessed 29 April 2011
, there were 386 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 440 married individuals, 42 widows or widowers and 49 individuals who are divorced.STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000
accessed 2 February 2011
, there were 353 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.6 persons per household. There were 97 households that consist of only one person and 33 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 358 households that answered this question, 27.1% were households made up of just one person and there were 5 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 86 married couples without children, 143 married couples with children There were 14 single parents with a child or children. There were 8 households that were made up of unrelated people and 5 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing. there were 121 single family homes (or 56.0% of the total) out of a total of 216 inhabited buildings. There were 40 multi-family buildings (18.5%), along with 43 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (19.9%) and 12 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (5.6%). Of the single family homes 20 were built before 1919, while 17 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (35) were built between 1981 and 1990. The most multi-family homes (11) were built between 1981 and 1990 and the next most (8) were built before 1919. There were 3 multi-family houses built between 1996 and 2000.Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen
accessed 28 January 2011
there were 351 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 110. There were 3 single room apartments and 146 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 327 apartments (93.2% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 18 apartments (5.1%) were seasonally occupied and 6 apartments (1.7%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 0.9 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0%. The historical population is given in the following chart: Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) ImageSize = width:1140 height:210 PlotArea = height:150 left:100 bottom:50 right:100 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:920 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:200 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:40 start:0 PlotData= color:yellowgreen width:40 mark:(line,white) align:center bar:1416 from:start till:132 bar:1416 at:142 fontsize:S text: " 33 Hearths" shift:(8,5) bar:1453 from:start till:76 bar:1453 at:86 fontsize:S text: "19 Hearths" shift:(8,5) bar:1764 from:start till:164 bar:1764 at:174 fontsize:S text: "41 Hearths" shift:(8,5) bar:1850 from:start till:464 text:"464" bar:1860 from:start till:465 text:"465" bar:1870 from:start till:529 text:"529" bar:1880 from:start till:441 text:"441" bar:1888 from:start till:425 text:"425" bar:1900 from:start till:422 text:"422" bar:1910 from:start till:480 text:"480" bar:1920 from:start till:469 text:"469" bar:1930 from:start till:467 text:"467" bar:1941 from:start till:411 text:"411" bar:1950 from:start till:400 text:"400" bar:1960 from:start till:418 text:"418" bar:1970 from:start till:424 text:"424" bar:1980 from:start till:580 text:"580" bar:1990 from:start till:780 text:"780" bar:2000 from:start till:917 text:"917"


Twin Town

Bottens is twinned with the town of
Guéreins Guéreins () is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. Population Twin towns Guéreins is twinned with Bottens in Switzerland. See also *Communes of the Ain department The following is a list of the 393 communes of the Ain ...
,
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.


Politics

In the
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the most popular party was the SVP which received 34.28% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the
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(15.95%), the CVP (12.99%) and the FDP (12.11%). In the federal election, a total of 301 votes were cast, and the
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was 43.6%.


Economy

, Bottens had an unemployment rate of 3.5%. , there were 45 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 19 businesses involved in this sector. 98 people were employed in the
secondary sector In macroeconomics, the secondary sector of the economy is an economic sector in the three-sector theory that describes the role of manufacturing. It encompasses industries that produce a finished, usable product or are involved in construction. ...
and there were 15 businesses in this sector. 55 people were employed in the
tertiary sector The tertiary sector of the economy, generally known as the service sector, is the third of the three economic sectors in the three-sector model (also known as the economic cycle). The others are the primary sector (raw materials) and the second ...
, with 15 businesses in this sector. There were 519 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.2% of the workforce. the total number of
full-time equivalent Full-time equivalent (FTE), or whole time equivalent (WTE), is a unit that indicates the workload of an employee, employed person (or student) in a way that makes workloads or class loads comparable across various contexts. FTE is often used to me ...
jobs was 167. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 37, of which 33 were in agriculture and 4 were in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 91 of which 6 or (6.6%) were in manufacturing and 85 (93.4%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 39. In the tertiary sector; 7 or 17.9% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 5 or 12.8% were in the movement and storage of goods, 4 or 10.3% were in a hotel or restaurant, 3 or 7.7% were technical professionals or scientists, 10 or 25.6% were in education. , there were 82 workers who commuted into the municipality and 390 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 4.8 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering.Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb
accessed 24 June 2010
Of the working population, 7.1% used public transportation to get to work, and 72.1% used a private car.


Religion

From the , 389 or 42.4% were
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, while 352 or 38.4% belonged to the
Swiss Reformed Church The Protestant Church in Switzerland (PCS), (EKS); french: Église évangélique réformée de Suisse (EERS); it, Chiesa evangelica riformata in Svizzera (CERiS); rm, Baselgia evangelica refurmada da la Svizra (BRRS) formerly named Federation o ...
. Of the rest of the population, there were 6 members of an Orthodox church (or about 0.65% of the population), there was 1 individual who belongs to the Christian Catholic Church, and there were 28 individuals (or about 3.05% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 5 (or about 0.55% of the population) who were
Islam Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic Monotheism#Islam, monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God in Islam, God (or ...
ic. There were 3 individuals who were
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. 118 (or about 12.87% of the population) belonged to no church, are
agnostic Agnosticism is the view or belief that the existence of God, of the divine or the supernatural is unknown or unknowable. (page 56 in 1967 edition) Another definition provided is the view that "human reason is incapable of providing sufficient ...
or
atheist Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there no ...
, and 29 individuals (or about 3.16% of the population) did not answer the question.


Education

In Bottens about 383 or (41.8%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 115 or (12.5%) have completed additional higher education (either
university A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, t ...
or a ''
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''). Of the 115 who completed tertiary schooling, 63.5% were Swiss men, 29.6% were Swiss women and 4.3% were non-Swiss women. In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 151 students in the Bottens school district. In the Vaud cantonal school system, two years of non-obligatory pre-school are provided by the political districts.Organigramme de l'école vaudoise, année scolaire 2009-2010
accessed 2 May 2011
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
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program requires students to attend for four years. There were 73 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 76 students in those schools. There were also 2 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.Canton of Vaud Statistical Office - Scol. obligatoire/filières de transition
accessed 2 May 2011
, there were 17 students in Bottens who came from another municipality, while 102 residents attended schools outside the municipality.


References

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