Cottens is a former

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of 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 ...

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 ...

, located in the district of

Morges Morges (; la, Morgiis, plural, probably ablative, else dative; frp, Môrges) is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud and the seat of the district of Morges. It is located on Lake Geneva. History Morges is first mentioned in 1288 as ' ...

. On 1 July 2021 the former municipalities of

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, Cottens,

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Sévery Sévery is a former municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Morges. On 1 July 2021 the former municipalities of Apples, Cottens, Pampigny, Sévery, Bussy-Chardonney and Reverolle merged into the new municip ...

Bussy-Chardonney Bussy-Chardonney ( frp, Bussê-Chardenê) is a former municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges. The municipality was created in 1961 by a merger of Bussy-sur-Morges and Chardonney-sur-Morges.< ...

and

Reverolle Reverolle is a former municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges. On 1 July 2021 the former municipalities of Apples, Cottens, Pampigny, Sévery, Bussy-Chardonney and Reverolle merged into the new municipality ...

merged into the new municipality of

Hautemorges Hautemorges is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges. On 1 July 2021 the former municipalities of Apples, Cottens, Pampigny, Sévery, Bussy-Chardonney and Reverolle merged into the new municipality of Haut ...

History

Cottens is first mentioned in 1041 as ''Chotens''.

Geography

Cottens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 75.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 14.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 11.4% is settled (buildings or roads).Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 6.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.4%. Out of the forested land, 12.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 65.7% is used for growing crops and 7.2% is pastures, while 2.5% is used for orchards or vine crops. The municipality was part of the

Cossonay District Cossonay District was a district of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. The seat of the district was the town of Cossonay. It was dissolved on 31 August 2006.Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
accessed 4 April 2011 The municipality is located at the intersection of the Aubonne-Cossonay and Morges-Col du Mollendruz roads.

Coat of arms

The

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of the municipal

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is ''Azure, a Saltire Cross pattee Argent between an Ear of Wheat, two Mullets (of five) and a Crescent all of Or.''

Demographics

Cottens has a population () of . , 15.4% 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 25.6%. It has changed at a rate of 16.2% due to migration and at a rate of 9.4% due to births and deaths.
accessed 20-May-2011 Most of the population () speaks

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(305 or 88.9%), with

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being second most common (23 or 6.7%) and

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being third (6 or 1.7%). Of the population in the municipality 69 or about 20.1% were born in Cottens and lived there in 2000. There were 153 or 44.6% who were born in the same canton, while 73 or 21.3% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 43 or 12.5% were born outside of Switzerland. In there were 3 live births to Swiss citizens and 2 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 3 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 were 4 Swiss men and 1 Swiss woman who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there were 2 non-Swiss men and 3 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 a decrease of 7 and the non-Swiss population increased by 5 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 -0.5%. The age distribution, , in Cottens is; 61 children or 13.8% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 60 teenagers or 13.6% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 45 people or 10.2% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 75 people or 17.0% are between 30 and 39, 70 people or 15.9% are between 40 and 49, and 43 people or 9.8% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 56 people or 12.7% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 19 people or 4.3% are between 70 and 79, there are 10 people or 2.3% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 2 people or 0.5% who are 90 and older.Canton of Vaud Statistical Office
accessed 29 April 2011 , there were 121 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 185 married individuals, 19 widows or widowers and 18 individuals who are divorced.STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000
accessed 2 February 2011 , there were 139 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household. There were 36 households that consist of only one person and 10 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 139 households that answered this question, 25.9% were households made up of just one person and there was 1 adult who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 45 married couples without children, 53 married couples with children There were 2 single parents with a child or children. There were 2 households that were made up of unrelated people. there were 51 single family homes (or 56.7% of the total) out of a total of 90 inhabited buildings. There were 14 multi-family buildings (15.6%), along with 20 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (22.2%) and 5 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (5.6%). Of the single family homes 11 were built before 1919, while 3 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (15) were built between 1961 and 1970. The most multi-family homes (5) were built before 1919 and the next most (4) were 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 143 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 53. There were 2 single room apartments and 52 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 139 apartments (97.2% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 1 apartment was seasonally occupied and 3 apartments (2.1%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 31.7 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:1080 height:210 PlotArea = height:150 left:100 bottom:50 right:100 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:350 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:70 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:14 start:0 PlotData= color:yellowgreen width:40 mark:(line,white) align:center bar:1764 from:start till:98 text:"98" bar:1803 from:start till:127 text:"127" bar:1850 from:start till:190 text:"190" bar:1860 from:start till:199 text:"199" bar:1870 from:start till:252 text:"252" bar:1880 from:start till:227 text:"227" bar:1888 from:start till:220 text:"220" bar:1900 from:start till:213 text:"213" bar:1910 from:start till:212 text:"212" bar:1920 from:start till:190 text:"190" bar:1930 from:start till:163 text:"163" bar:1941 from:start till:181 text:"181" bar:1950 from:start till:196 text:"196" bar:1960 from:start till:209 text:"209" bar:1970 from:start till:225 text:"225" bar:1980 from:start till:254 text:"254" bar:1990 from:start till:260 text:"260" bar:2000 from:start till:343 text:"343"

Twin Town

Cottens is twinned with the town of

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Politics

In the

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the most popular party was the SVP which received 25.26% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (22.68%), the FDP (19.11%) and the

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(12.54%). In the federal election, a total of 122 votes were cast, and the

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was 46.6%.

Economy

, Cottens had an unemployment rate of 3.5%. , there were 28 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 10 businesses involved in this sector. 9 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 4 businesses in this sector. 25 people were employed in the

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, with 13 businesses in this sector. There were 189 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 45.5% of the workforce. the total number of

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jobs was 45. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 20, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 8 of which 4 or (50.0%) were in manufacturing and 4 (50.0%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 17. In the tertiary sector; 3 or 17.6% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 3 or 17.6% were in the movement and storage of goods, 3 or 17.6% were technical professionals or scientists, 3 or 17.6% were in education and 1 was in health care. , there were 9 workers who commuted into the municipality and 140 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 15.6 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering.Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb
accessed 24 June 2010 Of the working population, 7.4% used public transportation to get to work, and 67.2% used a private car.

Religion

From the , 77 or 22.4% were

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, while 200 or 58.3% belonged to the

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. Of the rest of the population, there were 26 individuals (or about 7.58% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There was 1 individual who was

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ic. 48 (or about 13.99% of the population) belonged to no church, are

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, and 4 individuals (or about 1.17% of the population) did not answer the question.

Education

In Cottens about 142 or (41.4%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 50 or (14.6%) have completed additional higher education (either

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or a ''

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''). Of the 50 who completed tertiary schooling, 54.0% were Swiss men, 34.0% were Swiss women. In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 57 students in the Cottens (VD) 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 631 children of which 203 children (32.2%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's

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program requires students to attend for four years. There were 36 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 20 students in those schools. There were also 1 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 6 students in Cottens who came from another municipality, while 51 residents attended schools outside the municipality.

References

External links

* {{Authority control Former municipalities of the canton of Vaud