Buttes, Neuchâtel

Coordinates: 46°53′N 6°33′E / 46.883°N 6.550°E / 46.883; 6.550
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Buttes is located in Switzerland
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Buttes is located in Canton of Neuchâtel
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Coordinates: 46°53′N 6°33′E / 46.883°N 6.550°E / 46.883; 6.550
CountrySwitzerland
CantonNeuchâtel
DistrictVal-de-Travers
Area
 • Total16.20 km2 (6.25 sq mi)
Elevation
770 m (2,530 ft)
Population
 (December 2007)
 • Total601
 • Density37/km2 (96/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
2115
SFOS number6503
ISO 3166 codeCH-NE
Surrounded byFiez (VD), Fleurier, Fontaines-sur-Grandson (VD), La Côte-aux-Fées, Les Bayards, Les Verrières, Sainte-Croix (VD), Saint-Sulpice
Websitebuttes.ne.ch
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Buttes was a municipality in the district of Val-de-Travers in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. On 1 January 2009, the former municipalities of Boveresse, Buttes, Couvet, Fleurier, Les Bayards, Môtiers, Noiraigue, Saint-Sulpice and Travers merged to form Val-de-Travers.[1]

Aerial view (1950)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 14 January 2010