workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 15.6 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 7.4% used public transportation to get to work, and 67.2% used a private car. Religion From the , 77 or 22.4% were Roman Catholic, while 200 or 58.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 26 individuals (or about 7.58% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There was 1 individual who was Islamic. 48 (or about 13.99% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 4 individuals (or about 1.17% of the population) did not answer the question. Education In Cottens about 142 or (41.4%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 50 or (14.6%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). Of the 50 who completed tertiary schooling, 54.0% were Swiss men, 34.0% were Swiss women. In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 57 students in the Cottens (VD) school district. In the Vaud cantonal school system, two years of non-obligatory pre-school are provided by the political districts. During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 631 children of which 203 children (32.2%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 36 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 20 students in those schools. There were also 1 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school. , there were 6 students in Cottens who came from another municipality, while 51 residents attended schools outside the municipality. References External links Former municipalities of the canton of Vaud