Couvet

Former municipality in Neuchâtel, Switzerland

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Location of Couvet

46°55′N 6°38′E / 46.917°N 6.633°E / 46.917; 6.633CountrySwitzerlandCantonNeuchâtel DistrictVal-de-TraversArea

• Total16.41 km² (6.34 sq mi)Elevation

740 m (2,430 ft)Population

(December 2007)

• Total2,755 • Density170/km² (430/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)Postal code(s)

2108

SFOS number6505ISO 3166 codeCH-NESurrounded byBoveresse, Môtiers, TraversWebsitecouvet.ne.ch
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Couvet 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 the administrative district of Val-de-Travers.^[1]

It is claimed that Couvet was the birthplace of absinthe at the end of the 18th century and it is now the home of La Clandestine Absinthe. It was also the home to Edouard Dubied & Co, a factory that used to make sewing machines.