Fleurier

Fleurier
Former municipality
Coat of arms of Fleurier
Coat of arms
Location of Fleurier
Fleurier is located in Switzerland
Fleurier
Fleurier
Location within Switzerland
Fleurier is located in Canton of Neuchâtel
Fleurier
Fleurier
Location within Canton of Neuchâtel
Coordinates: 46°54′N 6°35′E / 46.900°N 6.583°E / 46.900; 6.583
CountrySwitzerland
CantonNeuchâtel
DistrictVal-de-Travers
Area
 • Total
7.74 km2 (2.99 sq mi)
Elevation
741 m (2,431 ft)
Population
 (December 2007)
 • Total
3,518
 • Density455/km2 (1,180/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
2114
SFOS number6506
ISO 3166 codeCH-NE
Surrounded byBoveresse, Buttes, Fontaines-sur-Grandson (VD), Mauborget (VD), Môtiers, Romairon (VD), Saint-Sulpice
Websitefleurier.ne.ch

Fleurier 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 the municipality of Val-de-Travers.

The Nobel laureates, physicist Charles Édouard Guillaume and pharmacologist Daniel Bovet, both originated from Fleurier.

Aerial view from 500 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1931)
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