Vaumarcus

Vaumarcus is a former municipality in the district of Boudry in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland.

[4] Vaumarcus covers an area, as of 2009[update], of 1.8 square kilometers (0.69 sq mi).

[5] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, between three Crosses couped Argent on a Chevron of the same three Roses Gules,[6] Vaumarcus has a population (as of December 2020[update]) of 268.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (178 or 93.2%) as their first language, German being the second most common (7 or 3.7%) and Italian the third (4 or 2.1%).

[12] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] La Redoute Des Bourguignons, a prehistoric site and hallstatt tumulus, is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

[14] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 25.77% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 96 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 56.5%.

[9] There are 99 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 39.4% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 27 or 51.9% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 13 or 25.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 3 or 5.8% were technical professionals or scientists, 1 was in education.

[9] According to the 2000 census[update], 31 or 16.2% were Roman Catholic, while 109 or 57.1% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

During the 2010–11 school year, there were 3 kindergarten classes with a total of 50 students between the municipalities.

Railroad near Vaumarcus
Aerial view (1949)