Les Bolles-du-Temple

Origin of the name Les Bolles-du-Temple

Name origin: like the other hamlets of La Côte-aux-Fées, Les Bolles bears the name of a family that once lived there, the Bolle. The complement « du Temple » distinguishes it from Les Bolles-du-Vent, which follow it towards Sainte-Croix, and refers to the temple standing there (to be cross-checked).

Founding of Les Bolles-du-Temple

Les Bolles-du-Temple is one of about a dozen hamlets that make up La Côte-aux-Fées, a municipality in the Neuchâtel Jura near the Vaud border. No founding act is known: like the other hamlets of the municipality, it owes its name to a family, the Bolle, who once lived there. The hamlet, at about 1035 m above sea level, became the main one of the municipality and forms its administrative and economic centre: it is home to the temple, the municipal administration and the Piaget watch manufacture.

History of Les Bolles-du-Temple

1337. First mention of La Côte-aux-Fées (« La Costa des Faies »), to which the hamlet belongs, in a deed of Count Thiebault granting privileges to the settlers.

1658. A temple is built at La Côte-aux-Fées (its location at Les Bolles-du-Temple is to be cross-checked).

1672. La Côte-aux-Fées becomes a parish.

1826. On 27 November La Côte-aux-Fées becomes a fully fledged municipality.

1874. Georges-Édouard Piaget, a native of La Côte-aux-Fées, begins making watch movements; the Piaget company is now based at Les Bolles-du-Temple.

1875. On 25 April the temple is inaugurated (Wikipedia gives 1870: to be cross-checked).

today. Les Bolles-du-Temple, the main hamlet of the municipality, forms its administrative and economic centre; the municipal administration is located there.

Historic sites in Les Bolles-du-Temple

Temple of La Côte-aux-Fées. Reformed temple at Les Bolles-du-Temple, inaugurated on 25 April 1875; it now belongs to the Reformed parish of Val-de-Travers.

Piaget manufacture. The watch house founded in 1874 by Georges-Édouard Piaget has its La Côte-aux-Fées site at Les Bolles-du-Temple. A new manufacture was inaugurated at La Côte-aux-Fées (date to be cross-checked).

Municipal administration. Seat of the administration of La Côte-aux-Fées, at Les Bolles-du-Temple.

Sources

• Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Côte-aux-Fées, La » (Eric-André Klauser)
• Commune de La Côte-aux-Fées, « Histoire »
• Commune de La Côte-aux-Fées, « Géographie »
• Église réformée, « Temple de La Côte-aux-Fées »
• Wikipédia (français), Piaget (entreprise)
• search.ch, Piaget, Les Bolles-du-Temple 1, La Côte-aux-Fées
• Wikipédia (français), La Côte-aux-Fées
• État de Neuchâtel, arrêté du 4 février 2026 homologuant le recensement cantonal de la population au 31 décembre 2025
• geo.admin.ch, service de recherche de lieux (swisstopo)

Other villages near Les Bolles-du-Temple

• La Côte-aux-Fées (NE)
• La Vraconnaz (VD)
• Les Verrières (NE)
• Meudon (NE)
• La Robella (NE)