Marin-Epagnier

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Marin-Epagnier
Marin-Epagnier coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of NeuchâtelCanton of Neuchâtel Neuchâtel (NE)
District : No district divisionw
Municipality : La Tènei2
Postal code : 2074
former BFS no. : 6457
Coordinates : 567070  /  206765 coordinates: 47 ° 0 '40 "  N , 7 ° 0' 20"  O ; CH1903:  567070  /  206765
Height : 450  m above sea level M.
Area : 3.26  km²
Residents: 4087 (December 31, 2007)
Population density : 1254 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.commune-la-tene.ch
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Marin-Epagnier (Switzerland)
Marin-Epagnier
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Parish before the merger on January 1st, 2009

Marin-Epagnier is a former municipality that merged with the municipality of Thielle-Wavre on January 1, 2009 to form the new municipality of La Tène in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland .

The former municipality consists of the localities Marin and Epagnier . These localities are located at the northeastern end of Lake Neuchâtel at an altitude of 455  m above sea level. M. The city is located on the border between the German-speaking and French-speaking regions of Switzerland. That is why numerous companies and workshops for precision work, such as micromechanics , electronics or watchmaking, have settled there. You can also find some respected watch companies in Marin-Epagnier, such as Waltham International . A large number of large shopping centers enable the surrounding area to supply itself with consumer goods.

Marin-Epagnier was created in 1888 from the merger of the municipalities of Marin and Epagnier .

prehistory

The areas on Lake Neuchâtel and along today's Zihl Canal were inhabited long before they were first mentioned, as numerous archaeological finds from the Stone and Bronze Ages attest. The best known is the La Tène site , which is located on the former parish grounds.

Between and under two collapsed bridges, more than 2500 Celtic objects were recovered in 1857 and 1918. At the International Congress of Anthropology and Prehistoric Archeology in Stockholm in 1872, the name Latène Age was coined for this complex . Since then, the name commonly used in the professional world for the Celtic culture of the Young Iron Age from Ireland to Romania has been Latène culture.

history

Marin was mentioned for the first time (from the old French Marens , Marschland or Latin Marianus ) in a document from 1163 , in which the knight Pierre d'Epagnier gave his alleu de Marens to the Abbey of Hauterive in the canton of Friborg .

In 1625, the Count of Neuchâtel, Duke Henri II. D'Orleans , intended to found the city of Henripolis in the former municipality of Marin-Epagnier . The new trading town, which would have been located directly on the ship connection planned at the time from the Rhine via the Aare and the Canal d'Entreroches to Lake Geneva, should be larger and more important than the city of Neuchâtel, according to his plan. The planned city should follow the city ideal of the 17th century and offer its citizens numerous religious, industrial and commercial freedoms. The tensions between the Bernese and Neuchâtel residents and the fact that the landowners refused to cede their lands to the count caused the ambitious project to fail in the planning phase.

Until the construction of the first school by Marin, Thielle and Wavre in 1679, the children of the upper classes from Marin went to school in Saint-Blaise . Children from Epagnier were not admitted until 1830. In 1833 the parishes of Thielle and Wavre founded their own school.

In the 18th century the first factories were built in Marin . After the Neuchâtel Revolution of 1848, Marin and Epagnier joined the Republic of Neuchâtel . Marin and Epagnier merged in 1888. At that time, about 450 people lived in the community. Around 1900 the Bern-Neuchâtel line was inaugurated and Marin-Epagnier got a train station. The boom in the watch industry in the 1960s led to a population explosion. In 1960 there were 975 inhabitants, in 1970 there were already 2,476 people living in Marin-Epagnier.

economy

Marin-Epagnier's economic upswing since the 1960s is largely thanks to the local authorities, who, with their targeted economic development, created interesting conditions for renowned companies. Today, companies such as Ebauches SA (now part of the Swatch Group ), Migros and Manor logistics centers , Tag Heuer , Quantum Peripherals (Europe) etc. are located in the municipality. Marin-Epagnier, with around 5,000 jobs, is the third largest municipality in the canton in economic terms after the two cities of Neuchâtel and La Chaux-de-Fonds .

The large Migros shopping center, Marin-Center, was one of the first of its kind in Switzerland and dominated the adjacent industrial areas.

traffic

After the railway connection around 1900, Marin was connected to the transport network of Transports en commun de Neuchâtel et environs (TN) in the 1970s . Line 1 of the Neuchâtel trolleybus serves Marin. One shuttle bus serves the Marin-Center shopping center, another during the summer months La Tène. The connection between Marins and the A5 motorway helped to improve the flow of traffic in the shopping and industrial zones. Further improvements to the access and exits to the A5 with the aim of moving shopping and work traffic out of the village center are currently being examined by the federal government .

Attractions

tourism

In 1977 the municipality bought the territory of La Tène and took over the management of the campsite there. For years, plans for an improved use (and marketing) of the place have been pending. In addition to the sandy beaches of La Tène, the alluvial forest and the forest of Epagnier offer those seeking peace and quiet an original walking and hiking area. A sports center offers tennis courts, squash and badminton courts and mini golf.

schools

The first school in Marin was built by Louis Perrier, father of the architect and later Federal Councilor Charles Perrier . Charles Perrier built what is now known as the Vieux Collège around 1900 . In addition, there are now the Collège Billeter (secondary school) and Les Tertres . The latter offers gyms, classrooms, handicrafts and workshops, a library / media library and a youth leisure center for over 500 children and young people.

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