Cottens is a former municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Morges.

[3] Cottens has an area, as of 2009[update], of 2.36 square kilometers (0.91 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.27 km2 (0.10 sq mi) or 11.4% is settled (buildings or roads).

[5] The municipality is located at the intersection of the Aubonne-Cossonay and Morges-Col du Mollendruz roads.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, a Saltire Cross pattee Argent between an Ear of Wheat, two Mullets (of five) and a Crescent all of Or.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (305 or 88.9%), with German being second most common (23 or 6.7%) and Portuguese being third (6 or 1.7%).

[8] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], 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.

[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] Cottens is twinned with the town of Combronde, France.

[14] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 25.26% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 122 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 46.6%.

[9] There were 189 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 45.5% of the workforce.

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.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 77 or 22.4% were Roman Catholic, while 200 or 58.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

In the Vaud cantonal school system, two years of non-obligatory pre-school are provided by the political districts.

The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years.