Môtiers

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Coordinates: 46°55′N, 6°37′E

Môtiers
Country Switzerland Coat of Arms of Môtiers
Canton Neuchâtel
District Val-de-Travers
46°55′N, 6°37′E
Population 825  (December 2007)
  - Density 129 /km² (333 /sq.mi.)
Area 6.42 km² (2.5 sq mi)
Elevation 737 m (2,418 ft)
Postal code 2112
SFOS number 6507
Surrounded by Couvet, Boveresse, Fleurier
Website motiers.ne.ch
Môtiers (Switzerland)
Môtiers
Môtiers

Môtiers is a municipality in the district of Val-de-Travers in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland.

The old castle, dating in part from the 14th century, stands on a rock sput between Val de Travers and the Bied valley. Today the property of the canton of Neuchâtel, it is occasionally used to host cultural events.

Motiers was the birthplace of Louis Agassiz, the noted zoologist.[1]

[edit] References

    1. ^ (1963) Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who. 


Wikimedia Commons has media related to: