Gorgier

History

Gorgier is first mentioned in 1252 as de Corgie.

Geography

Gorgier has an area, , of . Of this area, or 33.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 56.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 8.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 2.2% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.6%. Out of the forested land, 53.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 10.7% is used for growing crops and 11.3% is pastures, while 4.5% is used for orchards or vine crops and 6.9% is used for alpine pastures. Of the unproductive areas, and 1.6% is too rocky for vegetation. The municipality is located in the Boudry district, on a hill above Lake Neuchatel. It consists of the village of Gorgier, the hamlets of Chez-le-Bart and the farm houses of Les Prises on Lake Neuchatel.

Most-observed species

• European roe deer

  Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  7,599
• red fox

  Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  5,053
• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  5,039
• Small Tortoiseshell

  Aglais urticae (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  3,609
• European hare

  Lepus europaeus Pallas, 1778 · Mammalia
  3,356
• common frog

  Rana temporaria Linnaeus, 1758 · Amphibia
  3,059
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,962
• Yellow-legged Gull

  Larus michahellis J.F.Naumann, 1840 · Aves
  2,927

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 3.3 — 2022-09-25
  7 km ESE of Ar?ches-la-Frasse, France
• M 4.1 — 2021-12-24
  2 km WSW of Blamont, France
• M 3.4 — 2020-06-23
  11 km ESE of Samoëns, France
• M 4.1 — 2017-07-01
  7 km E of Châtel-Saint-Denis, Switzerland