were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (15) were built between 1961 and 1970. The most multi-family homes (5) were built before 1919 and the next most (4) were built between 1996 and 2000. there were 143 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 53. There were 2 single room apartments and 52 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 139 apartments (97.2% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 1 apartment was seasonally occupied and 3 apartments (2.1%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 31.7 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0%. The historical population is given in the following chart: Twin Town Cottens is twinned with the town of Combronde, France. Politics In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 25.26% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (22.68%), the FDP (19.11%) and the Green Party (12.54%). In the federal election, a total of 122 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 46.6%. Economy , Cottens had an unemployment rate of 3.5%. , there were 28 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 10 businesses involved in this sector. 9 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 4 businesses in this sector. 25 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 13 businesses in this sector. There were 189 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 45.5% of the workforce. the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 45. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 20, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 8 of which 4 or (50.0%) were in manufacturing and 4 (50.0%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 17. 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. , there were 9 workers who commuted into the municipality and 140