Les Verrières
5 November 2026 · Neuchâtel
What happened in this episode?
In episode 202, Les Verrières was selected by the wheel and eliminated from the Swiss Towns series. The municipality finished in place 1'909 out of 2'110 participants. After this spin, 1'908 municipalities remained in the race.
Municipality profile
Les Verrières lies in the canton of Neuchâtel. It has 660 permanent residents and covers 28.87 km², which corresponds to around 23 residents per km².
Population and foreign nationals: 31.12.2025 · Area: 01.01.2026
The figures in context
Les Verrières ranks 1'678 by population and 313 by area among the 2'110 municipalities in this season. Its density of around 23 residents per km² is below the municipality median of 200. 78 residents, or 11.8%, do not hold Swiss citizenship; Swiss dual nationals are not counted as foreign nationals.
More about Les Verrières
The official FSO municipality number for Les Verrières is 6511. The municipality belongs to the administrative unit “Canton de Neuchâtel”. Among the 24 municipalities in the canton of Neuchâtel, it ranks 18 by population and 8 by area. Les Verrières accounts for 0.37% of the canton’s population and 4.03% of its area.
Les Verrières and the convention that sheltered the Bourbaki Army
At around 3 a.m. on 1 February 1871, Swiss general Hans Herzog and French general Justin Clinchant signed the Franco-Swiss convention at Les Verrières. It required arms, ammunition and equipment to be deposited at the border and allowed the exhausted Bourbaki Army to enter Switzerland for internment. Around 87,000 soldiers crossed through several Jura border points between 1 and 3 February.