Les Verrières (French pronunciation: [le vɛʁjɛʁ]) is a municipality in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland.

[3] Jt was here that General Charles-Denis Bourbaki crossed the Swiss border with the remnants of the Armée de l'Est during the Franco-Prussian War (1870–71).

Les Verrières has an area, as of 2009[update], of 28.7 square kilometers (11.1 sq mi).

Outside the main village, there are the hamlets of Cernets and Mont-des-Verrières and scattered settlements over an elevation of 910 to 1,286 m (2,986 to 4,219 ft) above sea level.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, on a bend Argent three Mullets [of Six] of the first.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (661 or 89.9%) as their first language, German is the second most common (32 or 4.4%) and English is the third (7 or 1.0%).

[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] The entire village of Les Verrières is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[9] There were 311 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.1% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 50, of which 49 were in agriculture and 1 was in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 24 or 24.2% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 8 or 8.1% were in the movement and storage of goods, 18 or 18.2% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was the insurance or financial industry, 5 or 5.1% were technical professionals or scientists, 4 or 4.0% were in education and 8 or 8.1% were in health care.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 192 or 26.1% were Roman Catholic, while 371 or 50.5% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

[18] During the 2010–11 school year, there was one kindergarten class with a total of 14 students in Les Verrières.