Travers, Switzerland

Travers was a municipality in the district of Val-de-Travers in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. On 1 January 2009, the former municipalities of Boveresse, Buttes, Couvet, Fleurier, Les Bayards, Môtiers, Noiraigue, Saint-Sulpice and Travers merged to form Val-de-Travers.[1]

Aerial view from by Walter Mittelholzer (1919)
Travers
Coat of arms
Location of Travers
Travers
Travers
Coordinates: 46°57′N 6°41′E
CountrySwitzerland
CantonNeuchâtel
DistrictVal-de-Travers
Area
  Total24.65 km2 (9.52 sq mi)
Elevation
735 m (2,411 ft)
Population
 (December 2007)
  Total1,226
  Density50/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
2105
SFOS number6510
Surrounded byBrot-Plamboz, Couvet, Gorgier, La Brévine, Les Ponts-de-Martel, Noiraigue, Provence (VD)
Website
SFSO statistics

References

  1. Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 14 January 2010


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