Neuchâtel District

Neuchâtel District
District de Neuchâtel
District
Location of Neuchâtel District
Country  Switzerland
Canton Neuchâtel
CapitalNeuchâtel
Dissolved1 January 2018
Area
 • Total80.02 km2 (30.90 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total53,744
 • Density670/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities9

Neuchâtel District is one of the six districts of the canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. The district capital is the town of Neuchâtel. It has a population of 53,744 (as of 31 December 2020).[1]

Municipalities

The district has nine municipalities:

Coat of Arms Municipality Population
(31 December 2020)[1] 		Area
km²[2]
Cornaux Cornaux 1,587 4.72
Cressier Cressier 1,892 8.55
Enges Enges 266 9.59
Hauterive Hauterive 2,636 2.12
La Tène La Tène 5,176 5.44
Le Landeron Le Landeron 4,642 10.31
Lignières Lignières 979 12.51
Neuchâtel Neuchâtel 33,455 18.1
Saint-Blaise Saint-Blaise 3,258 8.87
Total 53,744 80.21

Mergers

  • On 1 January 1966 the municipality of Landeron-Combes changed its name to Le Landeron.[3]
  • On 1 January 2009, Marin-Epagnier and Thielle-Wavre merged to form the new municipality of La Tène.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit". bfs.admin.ch (in German). Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  2. ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data (in German) accessed 25 March 2010
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz (in German) accessed 4 April 2011