Bottens is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Bottens is first mentioned in 1142 as Botens.
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.
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.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules on a bend Argent a lion Sable.
Bottens 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.
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.
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Échallens is a municipality in the district of Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The territory of the municipality was already settled very early. There are remains of a Bronze Age foundry. The first documentation dates from 1141 under the name of Charlens. Later forms of the name include Challeins, Escharlens (1177), Eschallens (1228), and Eschalleins (1279). The present form of the name first appears in 1315. The name comes from the personal name Charles. The site belonged originally to the Bishop of Lausanne.