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Bevaix is a former municipality in the district of Boudry in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. On 1 January 2018, the former municipalities of Bevaix, Saint-Aubin-Sauges, Gorgier, Vaumarcus, Montalchez and Fresens merged into the new city of La Grande-Béroche. Bevaix is first mentioned in 998 as in villa Bevacensi. In 1139 it was mentioned as Betuaci. The village of Bevaix is situated in front of a small plateau, near Lake Neuchâtel, on a location showing both Bronze Age and Neolithic settlement and amonasteryy dating to 998. Discovery nearby of several dugout canoes and boats illuminatedshipbuilding techniquesg 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. Bevaix has an area, , of . Of this area, or 34.1,% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 47.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 18.3%, is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.7% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 10.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.3%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.3% of the area Out of the forested land, 45.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 18.7% is used for growing crops and 8.2% is pastures, while 5.8% is used for orchards or vine crops and 1.4% is used for alpine pastures. The municipality is located in the Boudry district, on a small, marshy plateau near Lake Neuchâtel. The proposed merger of the municipalities of Bevaix, Boudry and Cortaillod was rejected by the residents. The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Impalled, Azure a Fish haurient Argent and a Bar Or, and Gules, a Fountain Argent and in chief two Mullets of Five of the same. Bevaix has a population () of . , 16.0% of the population are resident foreign nationals.

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Gorgier

Gorgier is a former municipality in the district of Boudry in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. On 1 January 2018 the former municipalities of Bevaix, Saint-Aubin-Sauges, Gorgier, Vaumarcus, Montalchez and Fresens merged into the new municipality of La Grande-Béroche. Gorgier is first mentioned in 1252 as de Corgie. Gorgier has an area, , of . Of this area, or 33.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 56.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 8.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 2.

Boudry District

Boudry District was one of the six districts of the canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, until the district level was eliminated on 1 January 2018. It had a population of 40,701. The district capital was the town of Boudry. The district consists of the following municipalities: The municipalities of Auvernier, Bôle and Colombier merged on 1 January 2013 into the new municipality of Milvignes. The municipality Brot-Dessous merged into Rochefort on 1 January 2016.

Boudry

Boudry is a municipality in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. Boudry is first mentioned in 1278 as Baudri. There are numerous prehistoric settlements around Boudry. These include the neolithic stilt houses on the banks of Lake Neuchâtel, the caves of Abri Baume du Four (occupied from the Neolithic to the La Tène period), tumuli of the Hallstatt period in the Vallon de Vers and two Celtic villages at Les Buchilles. There a number of Roman era artifacts and a Burgundian cemetery at Bel-Air by the Areuse river.