Lake Neuchâtel

Lake Neuchâtel stretches along the foot of the Jura between Neuchâtel and Yverdon. Its shores contain traces of prehistoric settlements and standing stones; the site of La Tène gave its name to a culture of the later Iron Age. At Yverdon, the fortified settlement of Eburodunum later became a Roman town. A document of 998 calls the water the Lake of Yverdon, a name used throughout the Middle Ages alongside the later name of Lake Neuchâtel.