Bôle

History

Bôle is first mentioned in 1346 as Boule.

Geography

Bôle had an area, , of . Of this area, or 27.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 45.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 28.3% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 17.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 6.2%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 3.1%. Out of the forested land, 43.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 9.7% is used for growing crops and 10.9% is pastures, while 6.6% is used for orchards or vine crops. The former municipality is located in the Boudry district, on the slope above the old Roman era road Vy d'Etraz. It consists of the linear village of Bôle.

Most-observed species

• European roe deer

  Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  9,386
• red fox

  Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  6,239
• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  5,223
• European hare

  Lepus europaeus Pallas, 1778 · Mammalia
  4,836
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  4,232
• Small Tortoiseshell

  Aglais urticae (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  4,171
• Yellow-legged Gull

  Larus michahellis J.F.Naumann, 1840 · Aves
  3,327
• Small Heath

  Coenonympha pamphilus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  3,325

Most recent

• M 4.1 — 2025-07-21
  4 km E of Frutigen, Switzerland
• M 4.4 — 2023-03-22
  1 km NW of Pont-de-Roide, France
• M 3.9 — 2022-09-10
  1 km WSW of Zimmersheim, France
• M 4.1 — 2021-12-24
  2 km WSW of Blamont, France
• M 4.1 — 2017-07-01
  7 km E of Châtel-Saint-Denis, Switzerland
• M 4.4 — 2016-10-24
  6 km NW of Leukerbad, Switzerland