Fleurier
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 administrative district of Val-de-Travers.
Fleurier | |
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Former municipality | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Fleurier | |
Fleurier Fleurier | |
| Coordinates: 46°54′N 6°35′E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Neuchâtel |
| District | Val-de-Travers |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7.74 km2 (2.99 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 741 m (2,431 ft) |
| Population (December 2007) | |
| • Total | 3,518 |
| • Density | 450/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 2114 |
| SFOS number | 6506 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-NE |
| Surrounded by | Boveresse, Buttes, Fontaines-sur-Grandson (VD), Mauborget (VD), Môtiers, Romairon (VD), Saint-Sulpice |
| Website | fleurier SFSO statistics |
The Nobel laureates, physicist Charles Édouard Guillaume and pharmacologist Daniel Bovet, both originated from Fleurier.
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