Marin-Epagnier was a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the district of

Neuchâtel , neighboring_municipalities= Auvernier, Boudry, Chabrey (VD), Colombier, Cressier, Cudrefin (VD), Delley-Portalban (FR), Enges, Fenin-Vilars-Saules, Hauterive, Saint-Blaise, Savagnier , twintowns = Aarau (Switzerland), Besançon (France), ...

in the

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canton of

. On 1 January 2009, Marin-Epagnier and

Thielle-Wavre Thielle-Wavre is a former Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Neuchâtel (district), Neuchâtel in the Switzerland, Swiss Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Neuchâtel (canton), Neuchâtel. On 1 January 2009, Marin-Epag ...

merged to form the new municipality of La Tène.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 14 January 2010 It is located at the northeastern tip of

Lake Neuchâtel Lake Neuchâtel (french: Lac de Neuchâtel ; frp, Lèc de Nôchâtél; german: Neuenburgersee) is a lake primarily in Romandy, in the French-speaking part of Switzerland. The lake lies mainly in the canton of Neuchâtel, but is also shared by t ...

at an elevation of 455 meters, and, , a population of 3,925 people. It lies close to

Biel , french: Biennois(e) , neighboring_municipalities= Brügg, Ipsach, Leubringen/Magglingen (''Evilard/Macolin''), Nidau, Orpund, Orvin, Pieterlen, Port, Safnern, Tüscherz-Alfermée, Vauffelin , twintowns = Iserlohn (Germany) B ...

, at the boundary between French- and

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-speaking regions, and at a knot of highways. Marin Epagnier has attracted numerous administrative offices and workshops of the micromechanics,

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, and

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making industries, such as

Métaux Précieux SA Métalor The Metalor Group, previously Métaux Précieux SA Metalor, founded in 1852, is a subsidiary of Japan's Tanaka Kikinzoku Group. Metalor has become one of the major world suppliers of precious metals related products & procedures. It makes a wide ...

and

TAG Heuer TAG Heuer S.A. ( ) is a Swiss luxury watchmaker that designs, manufactures and markets watches and fashion accessories, as well as eyewear and mobile phones manufactured under license by other companies and carrying the TAG Heuer brand name. ...

watches. The

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of Marin-Epagnier's

coat-of-arms A coat of arms is a heraldic visual design on an escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the latter two being outer garments). The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central element of the full heraldic achievement, which in its w ...

is: "

Sable The sable (''Martes zibellina'') is a species of marten, a small omnivorous mammal primarily inhabiting the forest environments of Russia, from the Ural Mountains throughout Siberia, and northern Mongolia. Its habitat also borders eastern Kaza ...

, a Lion rampant or langued and armed

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". The Iron Age archaeological site of La Tène is within Marin-Epagnier's communal boundaries; see

La Tène culture The La Tène culture (; ) was a European Iron Age culture. It developed and flourished during the late Iron Age (from about 450 BC to the Roman conquest in the 1st century BC), succeeding the early Iron Age Hallstatt culture without any defini ...

for an account of the history of the site. La Tène was the name of the lakeside area south of Epagnier, at the eastern end of the

. La Tène has a sandy beach, unique in Switzerland.Marin-Epagnier website

References

External links

Marin-Epagnier Tag-Heuer Official Website
Former municipalities of the canton of Neuchâtel La Tène culture {{Neuchâtel-geo-stub