Les Verrières
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| Coordinates: 46°54′N 6°29′E / 46.900°N 6.483°ECoordinates: 46°54′N 6°29′E / 46.900°N 6.483°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Neuchâtel | |
| District | Val-de-Travers | |
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| • Total | 28.68 km2 (11.07 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 930 m (3,050 ft) | |
| Population (Dec 2015) | ||
| • Total | 699 | |
| • Density | 24/km2 (63/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 2126 | |
| SFOS number | 6511 | |
| Surrounded by | Buttes, La Côte-aux-Fées, Les Alliés (FR-25), Les Bayards, Pontarlier (FR-25), Verrières-de-Joux (FR-25) | |
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Les Verrières is a municipality in the district of Val-de-Travers in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland.
Les Verrières is first mentioned in 1344 as villa de Verreriis. Jt was here that General Charles-Denis Bourbaki crossed the Swiss border with the remnants of the Armée de l'Est during the Franco-Prussian War (1870–71).
Les Verrières has an area, as of 2009[update], of 28.7 square kilometers (11.1 sq mi). Of this area, 13.18 km2 (5.09 sq mi) or 46.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 14.53 km2 (5.61 sq mi) or 50.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.95 km2 (0.37 sq mi) or 3.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.12 km2 (30 acres) or 0.4% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.6%. Out of the forested land, 46.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 4.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 1.2% is used for growing crops and 22.8% is pastures and 22.0% is used for alpine pastures.
The municipality is located in the Val-de-Travers district. The main settlement is a linear village that is about 3 km (1.9 mi) long and consists of the villages of Cret, Belle Perche, Grand Bourgeau, Croix-Blanche and Meudon. Outside the main village, there are the hamlets of Cernets and Mont-des-Verrières and scattered settlements over an elevation of 910 to 1,286 m (2,986 to 4,219 ft) above sea level.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, on a bend Argent three Mullets [of Six] of the first.
Les Verrières has a population (as of December 2015[update]) of 699. As of 2008[update], 5.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of -10.1%. Migration accounted for -7.2%, while births and deaths accounted for -1.9%.
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