Historic sites
Abbeys, castles, archaeological sites and other places steeped in history that are not inhabited localities. They also appear in the general list of villages.
Barrage du Châtelot
Franco-Swiss arch dam 74 m high on the Doubs, commissioned in 1953, on the territory of the municipality of Les Planchettes, the largest in the Doubs valley.
VD · SiteBioley
Wooded place name in the municipality of Begnins, on the border with Burtigny, where the castle of Bioley stood in the 13th century.
NE · SiteChâteau de Rochefort
Ruins of a medieval castle on a height at the entrance to the Val-de-Travers, in the municipality of Rochefort, the only castle ruin in the canton of Neuchâtel.
NE · SiteGrand-Cachot-de-Vent
Double farmhouse of 1530-1531 at Le Cachot, in the municipality of La Chaux-du-Milieu, saved from ruin and now an art gallery.
NE · SiteGrotte de Cotencher
Cave in the Gorges de l'Areuse, in the municipality of Rochefort, a Mousterian site that has yielded the most important Neanderthal human remain in Switzerland.
NE · SiteLa Robella
Plateau and winter and summer sports resort above Buttes, on the northern slope of the Chasseron, in the municipality of Val-de-Travers (former municipality of Buttes).
NE · SiteLac des Taillères
Small natural lake in the La Brévine valley, in the municipality of La Brévine, whose waters reach the source of the Areuse underground.
NE · SiteMines d'asphalte de La Presta
Former asphalt mine of La Presta, in the municipality of Val-de-Travers (former municipality of Travers), worked from 1712 to 1986 and open to the public since 1987.
VD · SiteMormont
Limestone hill and archaeological site between Eclépens and La Sarraz, mainly belonging to the municipality of Eclépens, known for its Helvetian sanctuary and its quarries.
NE · SiteMoulins souterrains du Col-des-Roches
Mills built in the 17th century in the cave where the Bied disappears, at the Col-des-Roches, in the municipality of Le Locle, now a museum and a cultural property of national significance.
NE · SitePrieuré Saint-Pierre de Môtiers
Former priory of Saint-Pierre at Môtiers, in the municipality of Val-de-Travers (former municipality of Môtiers), founded between 909 and 1032 and secularised in 1537.
NE · SiteSaut du Doubs
27-metre waterfall of the Doubs on the French-Swiss border at the end of the Lac des Brenets, on the territory of the municipality of Le Locle (former municipality of Les Brenets).
NE · SiteLa Tène site
Archaeological type site of the European later Iron Age, at the mouth of the Thielle in Lake Neuchâtel, in the municipality of Laténa.
NE · SiteSource de l'Areuse
Vauclusian spring of the Areuse at La Doux, near Saint-Sulpice, in the municipality of Val-de-Travers (former municipality of Saint-Sulpice), cradle of a long history of water power.