What is Marin-Epagnier?
{{Infobox Swiss town | subject_name = Marin-Epagnier | municipality_name = Marin-Epagnier | municipality_type = former | imagepath_coa = Marin-Epagnier-coat of arms.svg|pixel_coa= | map = Karte Gemeinde Marin-Epagnier.png | languages = French | canton = Neuchâtel | iso-code-region = CH-NE | district = [[Neuchâtel (district)|Neuchâtel]] |coordinates={{coord|47|01|N|7|01|E|display=inline,title}} | postal_code = 2074 | municipality_code = 6457 | area = 3.26 | elevation = 450|elevation_description= | population = 4087|populationof = December 2007 | website = www.commune-la-tene.ch | mayor = |mayor_asof=|mayor_party= | mayor_title = |list_of_mayors = | places = | demonym = | neighboring_municipalities= [[Cudrefin]] (VD), [[Gampelen]] (BE), [[Ins, Switzerland|Ins]] (BE), [[Saint-Blaise, Switzerland|Saint-Blaise]], [[Thielle-Wavre]] | twintowns = }} '''Marin-Epagnier''' was a [[municipality]] in the district of [[Neuchâtel (district)|Neuchâtel]] in the [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Neuchâtel (canton)|Neuchâtel]]. In 1888, the formerly independent municipality merged with [[Epagnier]] and [[Marin, Neuchâtel|Marin]] to form Marin-Epagnier. On 1 January 2009, the former municipalities of Marin-Epagnier and [[Thielle-Wavre]] joined together and became the new municipality of [[La Tène]].<ref name=Fusion>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/03.html Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz] published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office {{in lang|de}} accessed 14 January 2010</ref> It lies at the northeastern tip of [[Lake Neuchâtel]] close to [[Biel]], at the boundary between [[French language|French]]- and [[German language|German]]-speaking regions, and at a knot of highways. The Iron Age archaeological site of La Tène is within Marin-Epagnier's communal boundaries. ''(See also [[La Tène culture]].)'' La Tène is a village at the eastern end of the Lake Neuchâtel (Lac de Neuchâtel), a lake i