Canton of Neuchâtel
Val-de-Travers District
Val-de-Travers

Travers

Travers was a municipality in the district of Val-de-Travers in the canton of Neuchâtel in . On 1 January 2009, the former municipalities of , , , , , , , and Travers merged to form .
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  • Type: Village with 1,180 residents
  • Description: village and former municipality in Val-de-Travers in the canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Travers NE” and “Travers, Switzerland”
  • Postal code: 2105

Places of Interest

Highlights include Travers railway station and La Presta Asphalt Mine.

Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
is a railway station in the municipality of , in the canton of . It is located at the junction of the standard gauge Neuchâtel–Pontarlier line of Swiss Federal Railways and the Travers–Buttes line of Transports publics Neuchâtelois.

Cave
Photo: Ludo29, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a former asphalt mine in the region of the canton of , Switzerland. The mine was exploited until 1986 and asphalt was exported in most of Europe and in the United States.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a natural rocky cirque approximately 1,400 metres wide and 150 metres deep, on the north side of , in the Val de Travers district in the canton of . is situated 3½ km east of Travers.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Couvet and Noiraigue.

Village
Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.
was a municipality in the district of Val-de-Travers in the canton of in . On 1 January 2009, the former municipalities of , , , , , , , and Travers merged to form the municipality of . is situated 3½ km southwest of Travers.

Village
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY 3.0.
or Noiraigue-Les Œillons was a municipality in the district of Val-de-Travers in the canton of Neuchâtel in . On 1 January 2009, the former municipalities of , , , , , , , and Travers merged to form . is situated 4 km east of Travers.

Village
Photo: Chriusha, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a former municipality in the district of Boudry in the canton of Neuchâtel in . On 1 January 2016 it was absorbed into Rochefort. is situated 6 km east of Travers.

Travers

Latitude
46.94133° or 46° 56′ 29″ north
Longitude
6.67636° or 6° 40′ 35″ east
Population
1,180
Elevation
732 metres (2,402 feet)
United Nations Location Code
CH TRA
Open location code
8FR8WMRG+GG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240057361
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2658328
Wiki­data ID
Q689961
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Volapük—“Travers” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Travers”
  • Czech: “Travers”
  • Dutch: “Travers”
  • French: “Travers NE”
  • French: “Travers”
  • German: “Travers NE”
  • German: “Travers”
  • Irish: “Travers”
  • Italian: “Travers”
  • Spanish: “Travers”
  • Swedish: “Travers, Neuchâtel”
  • Swedish: “Travers”
  • Swiss German: “Travers NE”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Travers NE”
  • Turkish: “Travers”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Travers”
  • Volapük: “Travers”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Travers”. Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY 3.0.