Val-de-Travers

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

It was created on 1 January 2009, when the former municipalities of Boveresse, Buttes, Couvet, Fleurier, Les Bayards, Môtiers, Noiraigue, Saint-Sulpice and Travers merged to form Val-de-Travers.[1]

The region is known for its production of absinthe.

It is the largest municipality of the canton of Neuchâtel.

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  1. Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 14 January 2010