Val-de-Travers is a municipality in the Val-de-Travers District in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. It was created on 1 January 2009, when the former municipalities of Boveresse, Buttes, Couvet, Fleurier, Les Bayards, Môtiers, Noiraigue, Saint-Sulpice and Travers merged to form Val-de-Travers.
Val-de-Travers has an area, as of 2009, of 124.9 square kilometers . Of this area, 52.92 km2 or 42.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 63.24 km2 or 50.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 7.54 km2 or 6.0% is settled , 0.59 km2 or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes and 0.39 km2 or 0.3% is unproductive land.
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Val-de-Travers, Val-de-Travers, Switzerland
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