Couvet

Couvet
Former municipality of Switzerland
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 46°55′N 6°38′E / 46.917°N 6.633°E / 46.917; 6.633Coordinates: 46°55′N 6°38′E / 46.917°N 6.633°E / 46.917; 6.633
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Neuchâtel
District	Val-de-Travers
Area
• Total	16.41 km2 (6.34 sq mi)
Elevation	740 m (2,430 ft)
Population  (December 2007)
• Total	2,755
• Density	170/km2 (430/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	2108
SFOS number	6505
Surrounded by	Boveresse, Môtiers, Travers
Website	couvet.ne.ch SFSO statistics

Couvet 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 administrative district of Val-de-Travers.^[1]

It is claimed that Couvet was the birthplace of absinthe at the end of the 18th century and it is now the home of La Clandestine Absinthe. It was also the home to Edouard Dubied & Co, a factory that used to make sewing machines.

Aerial view (1950)

Personalities[]

• Emerich de Vattel, 18th century political philosopher
• Denis de Rougemont, 20th century author

References[]

External links[]

• Couvet in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
• Official website (in French)
• Swiss absinthe site

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