Population
10'691↑0.4%
About Couvet
City · Neuchâtel
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 municipality of Val-de-Travers.
Population
10'691
Tax multiplier
76%
Couvet in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.Tax multiplier
76%
Top quartile in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 52'211
Bottom 10% in canton
Vacancy
2.14%↑13.8%
Top quartile in canton
- Forest50%
- Agriculture43%
- Settlement6%
- Other1%
Foreign residents
20.4%↑1.2%
Above average in canton
Dwellings
6'449↑1.0%
Jobs (FTE)
4'730↑1.7%
83%
20%
Fibre
Housing market in Couvet
The rental vacancy rate is 2.14%, 16% above the cantonal average (1.85 %) — a comparatively relaxed market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 76%, 10% above the cantonal average (69 %). Median taxable income is CHF 52'211, 22% below the Swiss median (CHF 67'216). Couvet has 10'691 residents (2024).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
