Travers, Switzerland

Coordinates: 46°57′N 6°41′E / 46.950°N 6.683°E / 46.950; 6.683
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Travers
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Travers is located in Switzerland
Travers
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Travers is located in Canton of Neuchâtel
Travers
Travers
Coordinates: 46°57′N 6°41′E / 46.950°N 6.683°E / 46.950; 6.683
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
ISO 3166 codeCH-NE
Surrounded byBrot-Plamboz, Couvet, Gorgier, La Brévine, Les Ponts-de-Martel, Noiraigue, Provence (VD)
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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)

References[edit]

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