Buttes

former municipality of Switzerland in Neuchâtel

Buttes was a municipality in the Val-de-Travers district in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. On 1 January 2009, Boveresse, Buttes, Couvet, Fleurier, Les Bayards, Môtiers, Noiraigue, Saint-Sulpice and Travers joined together and became the new municipality of Val-de-Travers.[1]

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Coat of arms of Buttes
Location of Buttes
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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
Surrounded byFiez (VD), Fleurier, Fontaines-sur-Grandson (VD), La Côte-aux-Fées, Les Bayards, Les Verrières, Sainte-Croix (VD), Saint-Sulpice
Websitebuttes.ne.ch
SFSO statistics

References change

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

Other websites change

  Media related to Buttes, Switzerland at Wikimedia Commons