Couvet
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| Population | 2,755 (December 2007) | |||||||||
| - Density | 168 /km² (435 /sq.mi.) | |||||||||
| Area | 16.41 km² (6.3 sq mi) | |||||||||
| Elevation | 740 m (2,428 ft) | |||||||||
| Postal code | 2108 | |||||||||
| SFOS number | 6505 | |||||||||
| Surrounded by | Boveresse, Môtiers, Travers | |||||||||
| Website | couvet.ne.ch | |||||||||
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Couvet is a municipality in the district of Val-de-Travers in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. 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.
[edit] Famous people
- Emerich de Vattel, 18th century political philosopher
- Denis de Rougemont, 20th century author
[edit] External links
- Couvet in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- Official website (French)
- Swiss absinthe site
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