Môtiers
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| Former municipality of Switzerland | ||||||||||
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| Population | 825 (December 2007) | |||||||||
| - Density | 129 /km2 (333 /sq mi) | |||||||||
| Area | 6.42 km2 (2.48 sq mi) | |||||||||
| Elevation | 737 m (2,418 ft) | |||||||||
| Postal code | 2112 | |||||||||
| SFOS number | 6507 | |||||||||
| Surrounded by | Couvet, Boveresse, Fleurier | |||||||||
| Website | motiers.ne.ch Profile (French), SFSO statistics | |||||||||
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Môtiers 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 Val-de-Travers.[1]
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.
Before January 1, 2009, Môtier used to be the capital of the Val-De-Travers until it was merged in start of 2009
People
-Jean-Jacques Rousseau sought and found protection in Môtiers under Lord Keith, who was the local representative of the free-thinking Frederick the Great of Prussia. While in Môtiers, Rousseau wrote the Constitutional Project for Corsica (Projet de Constitution pour la Corse, 1765). After his house in Môtiers was stoned on the night of 6 September 1765, Rousseau took refuge in Great Britain with Hume, who found lodgings for him at a friend's country estate in Wootton in Staffordshire.
References
- ↑ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (German) accessed 14 January 2010
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