Bottens

Geschichte

Bottens is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.HistoryBottens is first mentioned in 1142 as Botens.GeographyBottens has an area, of 6.89km2. Of this area, 4.97km2 or 72.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.4km2 or 20.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.53km2 or 7.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.04km2 or 0.6% is unproductive land.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.The municipality is located south-west of Echallens in the Gros-de-Vaud region.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules on a bend Argent a lion Sable.DemographicsBottens has a population of., 10.8% of the population are resident foreign nationals. 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.Most of the population speaks French (853 or 93.0%), with German being second most common (30 or 3.3%) and Portuguese being third (11 or 1.2%). There are 7 people who speak Italian.