What is Sottens?
{{Infobox Swiss town | subject_name = Sottens | municipality_name = Sottens | municipality_type = former | image_photo = Transmitter Sottens 765khz 1.jpg | image_caption = The Sottens transmitter | imagepath_coa = Sottens.jpg|pixel_coa= | map = Karte Gemeinde Sottens.png | languages = French | canton = Vaud | iso-code-region = CH-VD | district = [[Gros-de-Vaud (district)|Gros-de-Vaud]] |coordinates = {{coord|46|39|N|6|45|E|display=inline,title}} | postal_code = 1062 | municipality_code = 5687 | area = 4.53 | elevation = 755|elevation_description= | population = 257|populationof = December 2009 | popofyear = 2009 | website = | mayor = |mayor_asof=|mayor_party= | mayor_title = |list_of_mayors = | places = | demonym = | neighboring_municipalities= [[Chapelle-sur-Moudon]], [[Hermenches]], [[Martherenges]], [[Montaubion-Chardonney]], [[Moudon]], [[Peney-le-Jorat]], [[Peyres-Possens]], [[Villars-Mendraz]] | twintowns = }} '''Sottens''' was a [[municipality]] in the [[Gros-de-Vaud (district)|Gros-de-Vaud]] district in the [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Vaud]] in [[Switzerland]]. On 1 July 2011, the municipalities of [[Villars-Tiercelin]], [[Montaubion-Chardonney]], Sottens, [[Villars-Mendraz]] and [[Peney-le-Jorat]] joined together to become the new municipality of [[Jorat-Menthue]].<ref name=Fusion>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/03.html Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz] published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office {{in lang|de}} accessed 17 February 2011</ref> It is known for its radio transmitter for the French language Swiss radio, built in 1931. == References == {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline}} {{Switzerland-stub}} [[Category:2011 disestablishments in Switzerland]] [[Category:Former municipalities of Vaud]]