Boudevilliers: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Boudevilliers is home to a church dedicated to Saint James. The foundations of a semicircular apse were uncovered beneath the choir of the Temple de Boudevilliers, indicating that the church has Romanesque origins.

Those wishing to rent a holiday apartment in Boudevilliers can consider the village as a specific holiday destination.

Culture and History

A memorial in the Boudevilliers cemetery commemorates the soldiers of the Armée de l’Est who died in Landeyeux in 1871. The Boudevilliers school building was constructed by Jean Béguin between 1890 and 1892. A fountain dating from 1740 bears the names of the governors David Jeanberthoud and Jonas-Pierre Guyot.

In the hamlet of Malvilliers stands the house of Samuel-Henri Guyot, dating from 1848. The geologist, geographer and meteorologist Arnold Henri Guyot was born in Boudevilliers in 1807.

Landscape and Trails

Among Boudevilliers’ attractions is the descent along the Ruz d’Amont to La Borcarderie. The Grandes Pradières pasture lies on the mountain above Boudevilliers.

The Malvilliers–Boudevilliers educational trail is divided into 16 stages and covers geological, historical and ethnological topics, as well as forestry and agriculture. The trail is not signposted; a Val-de-Ruz map at a scale of 1:25,000 is recommended for orientation. It is considered fairly demanding, and good hiking shoes are recommended in wet weather.

Bus route 154 runs via Valangin, Boudevilliers, Les Geneveys-sur-Coffrane, Coffrane and Montmollin before continuing into the Val-de-Travers. The Pumptrack de Boudevilliers features 180-metre-long tracks for cycling enthusiasts of all experience levels.

Festivals and Regional Traces

Malabar City is a village festival in the Val-de-Ruz that transports visitors to a Wild West village every two years. During Malabar City, Rue du Collège is transformed for the occasion into a Wild West village complete with the corresponding Western setting and atmosphere.

The “blé rouge de Cernier” was a distinct local wheat variety that is now extinct.

More local pages: Dombresson, Fontainemelon, Les Hauts-Geneveys, Cernier, Le Pâquier, Les Geneveys-sur-Coffrane, Villiers Ne, Savagnier

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