Boudevilliers

Boudevilliers
Former municipality of Switzerland
Coat of arms
Boudevilliers
Location of Boudevilliers
Coordinates: 47°02′N 6°53′E / 47.033°N 6.883°E / 47.033; 6.883Coordinates: 47°02′N 6°53′E / 47.033°N 6.883°E / 47.033; 6.883
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Neuchâtel
District	Val-de-Ruz
Area
• Total	12.57 km2 (4.85 sq mi)
Elevation	753 m (2,470 ft)
Population (December 2011)
• Total	754
• Density	60/km2 (160/sq mi)
Postal code	2043
SFOS number	6471
Surrounded by	Coffrane, Fontaines, La Sagne, Les Geneveys-sur-Coffrane, Les Hauts-Geneveys, Valangin
Website	boudevilliers.ne.ch SFSO statistics

Boudevilliers is a former municipality in the district of Val-de-Ruz in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. The municipalities of Boudevilliers, Cernier, Chézard-Saint-Martin, Coffrane, Dombresson, Engollon, Fenin-Vilars-Saules, Fontainemelon, Fontaines, Les Geneveys-sur-Coffrane, Les Hauts-Geneveys, Montmollin, Le Pâquier, Savagnier and Villiers merged on 1 January 2013 into the new municipality of Val-de-Ruz.

Boudevilliers is first mentioned in 1195 as Boudeviler.

Boudevilliers had an area, as of 2009^[update], of 12.6 square kilometers (4.9 sq mi). Of this area, 7.71 km² (2.98 sq mi) or 61.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 4.05 km² (1.56 sq mi) or 32.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.79 km² (0.31 sq mi) or 6.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km² (4.9 acres) or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes and 0.02 km² (4.9 acres) or 0.2% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.3%. Out of the forested land, 28.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 38.7% is used for growing crops and 10.3% is pastures and 11.9% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.