Boudry (district)
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Boudry District District de Boudry |
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| Country |
 Switzerland
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| Canton |
 Neuchâtel
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| Capital | Boudry |
| Area | |
| • Total | 105.58 km2 (40.76 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 40,525 |
| • Density | 380/km2 (990/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Municipalities | 12 |
Boudry District is one of the six districts of the canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. It has a population of 40,525 (as of 31 December 2015). The district capital is the town of Boudry.
The district consists of the following municipalities:
Boudry District has a population (as of December 2015[update]) of 40,525.
Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (31,695 or 86.3%) as their first language, German is the second most common (1,663 or 4.5%) and Italian is the third (1,007 or 2.7%). There are 21 people who speak Romansh.
As of 2008[update], the population was 48.8% male and 51.2% female. The population was made up of 14,701 Swiss men (37.8% of the population) and 4,269 (11.0%) non-Swiss men. There were 16,480 Swiss women (42.4%) and 3,400 (8.8%) non-Swiss women.
Of the population in the district, 7,421 or about 20.2% were born in Boudry and lived there in 2000. There were 12,122 or 33.0% who were born in the same canton, while 8,165 or 22.2% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 7,764 or 21.1% were born outside of Switzerland.
As of 2000[update], there were 14,186 people who were single and never married in the district. There were 18,074 married individuals, 2,255 widows or widowers and 2,206 individuals who are divorced.
There were 5,151 households that consist of only one person and 823 households with five or more people.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 24.74% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (22.56%), the LPS Party (15.53%) and the FDP (14.97%). In the federal election, a total of 12,728 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 51.9%.
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