Val-de-Travers district

District du Val-de-Travers
Basic data
Country:	Switzerland
Canton :	Neuchâtel (NE)
Main town :	Môtiers
Area :	166.44 km²
Residents:	11,898 (December 31, 2017)
Population density :	71 inhabitants per km²
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The District du Val-de-Travers was a district of the Canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland until December 31, 2017 . The district is made up of the Val de Travers , through which the Areuse flows, the Vallon des Verrières and the surrounding Jura hills.

The following communities belonged to the district (as of January 1, 2016) :

coat of arms	Name of the parish	Population (December 31, 2017)	Area in km²	Inhabitant per km²
	La Cote-aux-Fées	435	12.83	34
	Les Verrières	718	28.87	25th
	Val-de-Travers	10,745	124.74	86
Total (3)		11,898	166.44	71

history

The valley is particularly famous for its absinthe production, which was illegal from 1910 until the ban was lifted in 2005. Other branches of industry located in Val-de-Travers include chocolate and watch manufacturing . The La Presta asphalt mines were in operation from 1712 to 1986 and can now be visited as part of a museum.

On April 3, 2007, the municipal parliaments of all the municipalities in the district unanimously decided to merge the eleven municipalities of the Val-de-Travers district. The proposal for the merger was submitted to the voters on June 17, 2007. However, since the voters of the municipalities of Les Verrières and La Côte-aux-Fées have spoken out against the merger, the merger could not take place for the time being. The approving municipalities worked out a new project, which was approved on February 23, 2008 by the voters of the canton of Neuchâtel. On January 1, 2009, the new municipality of Val-de-Travers was founded from 9 municipalities .

Through December 31, 2008, the borough's common landscape was as follows:

Name of the parish	Population (December 31, 2007)	Area in km²	Inhabitant per km²
Boveresse	392	12.90	30th
Buttes	601	18.20	33
Couvet	2755	16.41	168
Fleurier	3518	7.74	455
La Cote-aux-Fées	469	12.83	37
Les Bayards	369	19.15	19th
Les Verrières	669	28.67	23
Môtiers	825	6.42	129
Noiraigue	506	6.38	79
Saint-Sulpice	644	13.09	49
Traverses	1226	24.65	50
Total (11)	11,974	166.44	72

Changes in the community

• 

  Municipalities until 2008

• 2009: Fusion Boveresse , Buttes , Couvet , Fleurier , Les Bayards , Môtiers , Noiraigue and Travers → Val-de-Travers

Web links

Commons : District of Val-de-Travers  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Standard area statistics - municipalities according to four main areas (15.12.2017) of the Federal Statistical Office FSO