Bevaix
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| Bevaix | |
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| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Neuchâtel |
| District | Boudry |
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| Population | 3,753 (December 2007) |
| - Density | 349 /km² (903 /sq.mi.) |
| Area | 10.76 km² (4.2 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 475 m (1,558 ft) |
| - Highest | 1335 m - Petite Ecoeurne |
| - Lowest | 429 m - Lake Neuchâtel |
| Postal code | 2022 |
| SFOS number | 6402 |
| Surrounded by | Boudry, Chevroux (VD), Cortaillod, Forel (FR), Gorgier |
| Website | www.bevaix.ch |
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Bevaix is a municipality in the district of Boudry in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland.
The village of Bevaix (pop. 3603 in 2000) is sited in front of a small plateau, near Lake Neuchâtel, on a location showing both Bronze Age and Neolithic settlement and a priory dating to 998. Discovery nearby of several dugout canoes and boats illuminated techniques of shipbuilding in Gallo-Roman times. The village was predominantly agricultural until the building of a railway station in 1860, and the drainage of the surrounding wetlands around 1900, when the area became increasingly residential. Local industry focuses on microtechnology.
[edit] See also
- Bevaix Boat, a Gallo-Roman shipwreck at the Lake of Neuchatel
[edit] External links
- Bevaix in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
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