Population
17'543↑0.2%
About Boudevilliers
City · Neuchâtel
Boudevilliers is a former municipality in the district of Val-de-Ruz in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. The municipalities of Boudevilliers, Cernier, Chézard-Saint-Martin, Coffrane, Dombresson, Engollon, Fenin-Vilars-Saules, Fontainemelon, Fontaines, Les Geneveys-sur-Coffrane, Les Hauts-Geneveys, Montmollin, Le Pâquier, Savagnier and Villiers merged on 1 January 2013 into the new municipality of Val-de-Ruz.
Population
17'543
Tax multiplier
66%
Boudevilliers in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.66%
Bottom quartile in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 47'900↑0.8%
Top quartile in canton
Median net income
CHF 53'500↑0.6%
72%
Cantonal tax multiplier
124%
0.99%↑22.2%
Middle in canton
- Agriculture53%
- Forest39%
- Settlement7%
- Other0%
Foreign residents
17.8%↓2.1%
Middle in canton
Median rent
CHF 14/ m²
−23% vs CH
Dwellings
8'687↑0.5%
Jobs (FTE)
5'395↓0.9%
87%
Housing market in Boudevilliers
The rental vacancy rate is 0.99%, 46% below the cantonal average (1.85 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 66%, 4% below the cantonal average (69 %) — tax-favourable. Median taxable income is CHF 59'300, 4% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Boudevilliers has 17'543 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
