La Chaux-de-Fonds

Summary

La Chaux-de-Fonds is a Municipality of Switzerland^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (861 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• La Chaux-de-Fonds is located in Canton of Neuchâtel^[3].
• La Chaux-de-Fonds is in the country of Switzerland^[4].
• La Chaux-de-Fonds is on the body of water Doubs^[5].
• La Chaux-de-Fonds's head of government is recorded as Théo Huguenin-Elie^[6].
• La Chaux-de-Fonds's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[7].
• La Chaux-de-Fonds's instance of is recorded as city of Switzerland^[8].
• La Chaux-de-Fonds's official language is recorded as French^[9].
• La Chaux-de-Fonds's shares border with is recorded as Le Locle^[10].
• La Chaux-de-Fonds's shares border with is recorded as Les Planchettes^[11].
• La Chaux-de-Fonds's shares border with is recorded as La Sagne^[12].
• La Chaux-de-Fonds's shares border with is recorded as Val-de-Ruz^[13].
• La Chaux-de-Fonds's shares border with is recorded as Bonnétage^[14].
• La Chaux-de-Fonds's twinned administrative body is recorded as Winterthur^[15].
• La Chaux-de-Fonds's twinned administrative body is recorded as Frameries^[16].
• La Chaux-de-Fonds's postal code is recorded as 2300^[17].
• La Chaux-de-Fonds's postal code is recorded as 2301^[18].
• La Chaux-de-Fonds is part of La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning^[19].
• La Chaux-de-Fonds's Commons category is recorded as La Chaux-de-Fonds^[20].
• La Chaux-de-Fonds's licence plate code is recorded as NE^[21].
• La Chaux-de-Fonds's local dialing code is recorded as 032^[22].
• La Chaux-de-Fonds's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 47.099627777778, 'lon': 6.8295583333333}^[23].
• La Chaux-de-Fonds's official website is recorded as https://www.chaux-de-fonds.ch/^[24].
• La Chaux-de-Fonds's topic's main category is recorded as Category:La Chaux-de-Fonds^[25].
• La Chaux-de-Fonds's Commons gallery is recorded as La Chaux de Fonds^[26].
• La Chaux-de-Fonds has a population of {'amount': '+38267'}^[27].

Body

Geography

La Chaux-de-Fonds is in the country of Switzerland^[4]. It is located in Canton of Neuchâtel^[3]. It is on the body of water Doubs^[5]. It is part of it / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning^[19].

Physical Characteristics

La Chaux-de-Fonds covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+5566'}^[28]. Elevations include {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1039'}^[29] and {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+997'}^[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+38267'}^[27], {'amount': '+38965'}^[31], {'amount': '+38625'}^[32], {'amount': '+37942'}^[33], {'amount': '+37233'}^[34], and {'amount': '+37600'}^[35].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include Municipality of Switzerland^[7] and city of Switzerland^[8]. La Chaux-de-Fonds's heritage designation is recorded as Swiss townscape worthy of protection^[36].

Why It Matters

La Chaux-de-Fonds ranks in the top 1% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (861 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]