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Couvet
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
.
Personalities
Emerich de Vattel
,
18th century
political philosopher
Denis de Rougemont
,
20th century
author