Sottens

Sottens was a municipality in the district of Gros- de -Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. Sottens merged on 1 July 2011 with several other municipalities to the new community Jorat Menthue.

Geography

Sottens is located on 755 m above sea level. M., 17 km north-east of the canton capital Lausanne ( straight line ). The scattered village extends on a wide plateau north of the Jorat, between the ravines of Mentue the west and the MERINE in the east, in Molassehügelland the northern Vaud Mittelland.

The area of ​​4.5 km ² large former municipal area includes a portion of the high plateau between the Mentue and the middle Broyetal. The main part of the area is occupied by the plateau, which ( including the former Le Marais ) is west of the village by crests and troughs easily broken. The highest point of Sottens is on the hill La Crêta 793 m above sea level. M. reached. On the west, above - Peyre Possens, there is a larger gravel and sand pit. The Springing in the municipality Bach MERINE has south of the village buried in the course of millions of years a erosion valley in the molasse. The MERINE with its two tributaries Tenette subdivided ( in the north) and Ruisseau de Neyrevaux (in the south ), the eastern municipality in the plateaus of Trimont ( 756 m above sea level. M. ) and the Bois de Ban ( 782 m above sea level. M. ). From the municipality surface 1997 7 % was attributable to settlements, 30 % of forest and woody plants and 63% to agriculture.

The municipality Sottens included several individual farms. Neighboring communities Sottens were Chapelle- sur- Moudon, Martherenges, Moudon, Hermenches, Villars- Mendraz, Bussy -Chardonney and Peyre -Possens.

Population

With 256 inhabitants ( 31 December 2010) was Sottens to the small municipalities of the canton of Vaud. Of the 85.7% inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 7.1 % and 5.7 % portugiesischsprachig (as of 2000). The population of Sottens amounted in 1900 to 195 inhabitants. It was then recorded until 1970, a decrease of 153 inhabitants; Since then, the population grew significantly again.

Economy

Sottens was until the mid-20th century, a predominantly coined by farming village. Even today, the farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding have some significance in the occupational structure of the population. More jobs are in small local manufacturing and services available. Through the creation of new single-family homes in the past few decades, the village has developed into a residential community. Some employed persons are therefore commuters who work in the surrounding larger towns.

National transmitter

Sottens has become known as the site of the national radio station Sottens for French-speaking Switzerland, which became operational in 1931. This transmitter was operated on medium wave frequency 765 kHz with a power of 600 kilowatts and was heard during the night hours in many parts of Europe. As a transmitting antenna arrived since 1989 attached to a 188 -meter-high free-standing, grounded steel lattice tower cage antenna with center feed used. Before 1989, a 190 meter high lattice tower itself brighter than transmitting antenna was in use. Reception reports were confirmed by the station, the last radiates Option Musique by Radio Suisse Romande. The operation of the transmitter was set on 1 January 2011 at 00:00.

See also: country Beromunster stations, country stations Monte Ceneri, Savièse

Traffic

Sottens is off the major thoroughfares on a road from Echallens to Moudon. Through the buses operating on the route of Moudon via Villars- Mendraz after Thierrens and Thierrens after Froideville, Sottens is connected to the public transport network.

History

The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1147 under the name Sotens. Later, the names Sothens ( 1161 ), Setens also appeared yet in the 12th century and Soutens ( 1453). The name is due to the Burgundian personal names Sota, a popular nickname for Sauthaharius, and means for the people of the Sota.

Since the 14th century, Sottens was the control of the Dukes of Savoy. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, the village came under the administration of the bailiwick Moudon. After the collapse of the ancien régime Sottens belonged from 1798 to 1803 during the Helvetic Republic to the canton of Geneva, who came up then with the enactment of the Act of Mediation in the canton of Vaud. 1798 was assigned to the District Moudon. Sottens does not have its own church, it belongs to the parish Chapelle- sur -Moudon.