Peseux (French pronunciation: [pəzø]) is a former municipality in the district of Boudry in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland.

[3] Peseux is first mentioned in 1195 as apud Pusoz though this comes from a 15th-century copy of an earlier document.

[4] Peseux had an area, as of 2009[update], of 3.4 square kilometers (1.3 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.93 km2 (0.36 sq mi) or 27.1% is settled (buildings or roads).

The woods at the lower end of the Val-de-Ruz cover about two-thirds of the municipality.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess Or and Azure, overall on a Bar Argent a Rifle Sable.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (4,463 or 82.8%) as their first language, Italian is the second most common (217 or 4.0%) and German is the third (211 or 3.9%).

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[4][12] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 26.91% of the vote.

[8] There were 2,527 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 44.0% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 2, of which were in agriculture and 2 were in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 325 or 32.4% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 139 or 13.9% were in the movement and storage of goods, 46 or 4.6% were in a hotel or restaurant, 33 or 3.3% were in the information industry, 24 or 2.4% were the insurance or financial industry, 80 or 8.0% were technical professionals or scientists, 109 or 10.9% were in education and 98 or 9.8% were in health care.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 1,740 or 32.3% were Roman Catholic, while 1,751 or 32.5% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.