Vaumarcus

Vaumarcus
Vaumarcus Castle
Coat of arms
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Location of Vaumarcus
Coordinates: 46°53′N 6°45′E / 46.883°N 6.750°E / 46.883; 6.750Coordinates: 46°53′N 6°45′E / 46.883°N 6.750°E / 46.883; 6.750
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Neuchâtel
District	Boudry
Area
• Total	1.78 km2 (0.69 sq mi)
Elevation	447 m (1,467 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	276
• Density	160/km2 (400/sq mi)
Postal code	2028
SFOS number	6415
Surrounded by	Châbles (FR), Concise (VD), Estavayer-le-Lac (FR), Font (FR), Fresens, Mutrux (VD), Saint-Aubin-Sauges
Twin towns	Vira (Gambarogno) (Switzerland)
Website	http://www.vaumarcus.ch SFSO statistics

Vaumarcus is a municipality in the district of Boudry in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland.

Vaumarcus is first mentioned in 1227 as Valmarcuel.

It was created in 1875 as a merger of Vaumarcus and Vernéaz, and was called Vaumarcus-Vernéaz until 1966.

Vaumarcus has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 1.8 square kilometers (0.69 sq mi). Of this area, 1.05 km² (0.41 sq mi) or 59.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.42 km² (0.16 sq mi) or 23.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.3 km² (0.12 sq mi) or 16.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.6% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 7.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 7.9%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.1% of the area Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 33.7% is used for growing crops and 13.5% is pastures, while 11.8% is used for orchards or vine crops.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, between three Crosses couped Argent on a Chevron of the same three Roses Gules,

Vaumarcus has a population (as of December 2015^[update]) of 276. As of 2008^[update], 16.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010 ) the population has changed at a rate of 22.1%. It has changed at a rate of 13.1% due to migration and at a rate of 8.9% due to births and deaths.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks French (178 or 93.2%) as their first language, German is the second most common (7 or 3.7%) and Italian is the third (4 or 2.1%).