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Brot-Dessous

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Total population

103

Elevation857 m
Land area4.95 km²
Coordinates46.96°, 6.75°

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City facts

Elevation
857 m
Area
4.95 km²

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Overview

Brot-Dessous is a former municipality in the district of Boudry in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. On 1 January 2016 it was absorbed into Rochefort.

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History & geography

History

Brot-Dessous is first mentioned in 998 as Broch in a document celebrating the founding of the priory of Bevaix. Between 1524 and 1730 it was part of the municipality of Rochefort.

Geography

Brot-Dessous had an area, , of . Of this area, or 12.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 79.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 7.1% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes and or 1.2% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.3%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 0.6% is used for growing crops and 9.9% is pastures and 2.0% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. The former municipality is located in the Boudry district. The municipal borders are the Areuse river and the crest of the Solmont mountain.

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Geography

Latitude
46.9556
Longitude
6.7475
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
3.59
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,309

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Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
17
Avg daily Wikipedia views
1
Attention level
Obscure

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Official Identifiers

BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office

BFS-Nr
6405
Wikidata
Q70522

Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771

Sources

  • • Wikipedia
  • • Wikidata
  • • iNaturalist
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • • Wikipedia Pageviews API
  • • BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771