Couvet facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Couvet
Former municipality of Switzerland
Coat of arms
Couvet Location in Switzerland Show map of Switzerland Couvet Location in Canton of Neuchâtel Show map of Canton of Neuchâtel
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Neuchâtel
District	Val-de-Travers
Area
• Total	16.41 km2 (6.34 sq mi)
Elevation	740 m (2,430 ft)
Population
• Total	2,755
• Density	167.89/km2 (434.82/sq mi)
Postal code	2108
Surrounded by	Boveresse, Môtiers, Travers

Couvet 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 the administrative district of Val-de-Travers.

It is claimed that Couvet was the birthplace of absinthe at the end of the 18th century and it is now the home of La Clandestine Absinthe. It was also the home to Edouard Dubied & Co, a factory that used to make sewing machines.

Aerial view (1950)

Personalities

• Emerich de Vattel, 18th century political philosopher
• Denis de Rougemont, 20th century author