Auvernier is a village in the district of Boudry in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland.

[2] Settlement has flourished since the Bronze Age in the vicinity of Auvernier, as evidenced by the large amount of material excavated by archaeologists, some of which is now in the British Museum, including a hoard of penannular bracelets and armlets with geometric decoration.

[4] Auvernier had an area, as of 2009[update], of 1.7 square kilometers (0.66 sq mi).

[5] The former municipality is located in the Boudry district, on the north-west bank of Lake Neuchatel.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, a Perch nainaint Argent.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (1,322 or 86.2%) as their first language, German is the second most common (102 or 6.7%) and Italian is the third (31 or 2.0%).

The entire village of Auvernier is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[14] It is home to the La Saunerie and Les Graviers prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements which are part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps UNESCO World Heritage Site.

In the federal election, a total of 702 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 60.4%.

[9] There were 754 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.5% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 36, of which 31 were in agriculture, 4 were in forestry or lumber production and 1 was in fishing or fisheries.

In the tertiary sector; 48 or 24.4% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 6 or 3.0% were in the movement and storage of goods, 30 or 15.2% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 1.0% were in the information industry, 3 or 1.5% were the insurance or financial industry, 41 or 20.8% were technical professionals or scientists, 9 or 4.6% were in education and 13 or 6.6% were in health care.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 350 or 22.8% were Roman Catholic, while 715 or 46.6% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.