History
Boudry is first mentioned in 1278 as Baudri.
There are numerous prehistoric settlements around Boudry. These include the Neolithic stilt houses on the banks of
Lake Neuchâtel 
, the caves of Abri Baume du Four (occupied from the Neolithic to the La Tène period), tumuli of the Hallstatt period in the Vallon de Vers and two Celtic villages at Les Buchilles. There a number of Roman era artifacts and a Burgundian cemetery at Bel-Air by the Areuse river.
During the Middle Ages it was the capital of the seigneurie of Boudry.