Val-de-Travers NE

NE is the abbreviation for the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries in the name Val-de-Travers .

Val-de-Travers
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Neuchâtel (NE)
District :	No district division
BFS no. :	6512
Postal code :	2103 Noiraigue 2105 Travers 2108 Couvet 2112 Môtiers 2113 Boveresse 2114 Fleurier 2115 Buttes 2123 Saint-Sulpice 2127 Les Bayards
Coordinates :	537 067  /  196 044 coordinates: 46 ° 54 '45 "  N , 6 ° 36' 45"  O ; CH1903:  five hundred thirty-seven thousand and sixty-seven  /  196,044
Height :	737  m above sea level M.
Height range :	692–1469 m above sea level M.
Area :	124.74  km²
Residents:	10,668 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	86 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.val-de-travers.ch
Val-de-Travers
Location of the municipality

Val-de-Travers is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel .

It was created on January 1st, 2009 from the merger of Boveresse , Buttes , Couvet , Fleurier , Les Bayards , Môtiers , Noiraigue , Saint-Sulpice and Travers . The seat of the administration is in the former district capital Môtiers.

geography

Aerial photograph by Walter Mittelholzer (1919)

The territory of the municipality occupies the eastern part of the Val de Travers , through which the Areuse flows.

Neighboring municipalities of Val-de-Travers are La Côte-aux-Fées , Les Verrières , La Brévine , Les Ponts-de-Martel , Brot-Plamboz , Rochefort , Boudry and La Grande Béroche in the canton of Neuchâtel, then Fontaines-sur-Grandson , Fiez , Provence , Tévenon and Mauborget in the canton of Vaud, as well as Hauterive-la-Fresse and Les Alliés in neighboring France.

history

On April 3, 2007, the municipal parliaments unanimously decided to merge all eleven municipalities in the Val-de-Travers district. The proposal for the merger was submitted to the voters on June 17, 2007. Since the municipalities of Les Verrières and La Côte-aux-Fées had spoken out against the merger, the merger could not take place for the time being. A new project, which aims to merge the other nine municipalities under this name, was implemented on January 1, 2009.

Former municipal coat of arms

The merged communities in the Val de Travers

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  Boveresse coat of arms

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  Buttes Coat of Arms

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  Couvet coat of arms

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  Coat of arms of Fleurier

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  Coat of arms of Les Bayards

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  Môtiers coat of arms

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  Noiraigue coat of arms

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  Coat of arms of Saint Sulpice

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  Coat of arms of Travers

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Val-de-Travers

• Creux du Van
• Chapeau de Napoléon
• Areuse gorges
• Castle of Môtiers
• Môtiers Collegiate Church
• Couvet Asphalt Mine Museum
• Maison Petitpierre in Boveresse

politics

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A total of 41 seats

• POP : 2
• GPS : 3
• SP : 13
• FDP : 14
• SVP : 9

The legislature is the conseil général ( General Council ), which is elected by the electorate every four years, most recently on June 5, 2016. For the 2016-2020 legislature, it is composed as follows: FDP 14 seats (2012: 17), SP 13 seats (2012: 14), SVP 9 seats (2012: 6), GPS 3 seats (2012: 2) and POP 2 seats (2012: 2).

The executive is formed by the five-person conseil communal ( local council ). He is also elected by the legislature for four years. It currently consists of three representatives from the FDP and two social democrats.

The voting shares of the parties on the occasion of the National Council election in 2019 were: FDP 26.1%, SVP 21.1%, SP 17.1%, GPS 15.7%, PdA / Sol 10.5%, glp 6.1%, CVP 3 ,1 %.

Healthcare

The public hospital with 24-hour care is located in the district of Couvet . It belongs to the hospital network Hôpitaux neuchâtelois (French for: Neuchâtel hospitals).

literature

• Eric-André Klauser: Val-de-Travers. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Jean Courvoisier: The Art Monuments of the Canton of Neuchâtel, Volume III: Les districts du Valde-Travers, du Val-de-Ruz, du Locle et de La Chaux-de-Fonds. (=  Art Monuments of Switzerland. Volume 56). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1968.

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Val-de-Travers

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated November 1, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on June 8, 2016 
3. ↑ http://www.val-de-travers.ch/fr/vivre/politique/conseil-communal/en-bref/ accessed on July 20, 2012
4. ^ Federal Statistical Office : NR - Results parties (municipalities) (INT1). In: Federal Elections 2019 | opendata.swiss. August 8, 2019, accessed August 20, 2020 .