Bôle

Former municipality of Switzerland

Coat of arms

Bôle

Location of Bôle

Coordinates: 46°58′N 6°51′E / 46.967°N 6.850°ECoordinates: 46°58′N 6°51′E / 46.967°N 6.850°E

Country

Area

• Total

2.58 km² (1.00 sq mi)

Elevation

523 m (1,716 ft)

Population (December 2011)

• Total

1,788

• Density

690/km² (1,800/sq mi)

Postal code

2014

SFOS number

6403

Surrounded by

Boudry, Colombier, Rochefort

Website

www.bole.ne.ch
SFSO statistics

Bôle is a former municipality in the district of Boudry in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. The municipalities of Auvernier, Bôle and Colombier merged on 1 January 2013 into the new municipality of Milvignes.

Bôle is first mentioned in 1346 as Boule.

Bôle had an area, as of 2009^[update], of 2.6 square kilometers (1.0 sq mi). Of this area, 0.7 km² (0.27 sq mi) or 27.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.16 km² (0.45 sq mi) or 45.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.73 km² (0.28 sq mi) or 28.3% is settled (buildings or roads).

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 17.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 6.2%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 3.1%. Out of the forested land, 43.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 9.7% is used for growing crops and 10.9% is pastures, while 6.6% is used for orchards or vine crops.

The former municipality is located in the Boudry district, on the slope above the old Roman era road Vy d'Etraz. It consists of the linear village of Bôle.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent, issuant from a base Vert two Pine trees of the same.

Bôle had a population (as of 2011^[update]) of 1,788. As of 2008^[update], 13.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010 ) the population has changed at a rate of 3.3%. It has changed at a rate of -1.7% due to migration and at a rate of 2.5% due to births and deaths.

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